A Santali-English Dictionary

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honej Habil lekae bhagekoKa ? Amem senlenkhan bail honed iA senkolta? you had gone would not I also have gone.

To buy goods

Or

"j

j-

do. J

else, if not,

except, course.

M.

Wu-

otherwise,

certainly,

I will

!•

go,

Kante bahkhad pharia!? real? at banulianaii. Without medicine there is no chance of

at one

fellow,

counterjoart

Scottice, miirroti'.

Uni

of

if

in

,•,,, childless.

'

Match,

Banki.

bgiukiii udnKapea, niki leka. I will shew you her fellow (whom she resembles in age),

she

CalaKaii baiikhan oct'iii oekaea. not what wiU I do.

^ Barren,

)

Tji

Banjhi, 1. j If

made

f)lace to sell at Liuother, to trade. Ado batiij beparko do phalnako kanako.

Barjjha.

Had... would not.

services

for

kind to oilmen, goldsmiths, &c.

and

B.>ii

Badkhan. Badkhac.

some

pt^Tson-

to

to personally call one to attend a

black.

J

for,

panchayat.

Banij bepar.

\ Black

Bad-honec.

Badkhan

To

trouble, to search

ally invite a daughter, or sister all

did for him. He struck and iloorod me. It is settled effectually.

Bangorae. Badgorak.

of a small pannier. Banij.

We

Unile baiigamkedea. Dal baigamkediiiae.

l)ad

Bania potole. A small pannier, a .small round bundle, anything of the shape

soft.

Is the

?

for, to

emphatic form of

(q. v.), certainly not, by no means. Paiitotuoii calaKa. I shall certainly not ko. Raiiti.t',io alom baiia, rebenme bare. Do not refuse out I'i^'ht, agree.

Ho gapes is

An

Badtel

hole. Rail bane oahapakana. Bail bail oreoaluuia. It

BiU)

]

Banot. Bonot.

is

]_

like this one.

To

agree, to be of one mind,

to l)(,'. friendly. J Uni tulud do k:ithabaii banotokkantiiia. not agree with him.

P

I

do

recovery.

Mit gteri bahkhace hiiuRa. Ruar, bahkhan do ce£ iii cekaea ? •

Banu. I shall cer-

tainly return.

An

Banki.

and

anklet worn by

women

girls.

Dare bahki. An orchid, Va^ida Roxbut-glUi, the leaf of which resembles in shape the anklet, and is split up the middle and worn by girls as an anklet.

Employed

Bad ma.

in comp. to introduce a statement, that, that is to

Ondegeko metaea, baiima, sadom hoponko banuKkoa.

Kukmue

laiadea,

bahma,

nuf:ten

dak

nariii

lielleda.

not

it

Base.

really.

J

so,

assuredly, actually.

babu, horee dale dalkedirta. Actually he struck me as you'thresh grain. dinben bagi giijiatlea, base ? Is it not so, that you have left us for a long time ?

Get' baiise

4cli

A

medicinal herb, Artetnisia parvijlora, Roxh.

Badsifl.

not to exist, no-

to be, thing.

They are God is

Isorbanugea.

not. not, (there is no God.)-

Banukanah. There is none. Banugeiia hor do. I am done for, Banugican nondo do. He ie not here.

Banua.

Banwar.

Unsocial, solitary, hermit like.

A

tree rat.

To go out of the way, to disappear, to be lost, to be spirit-

Banwas.

ed away, separated from one's family, to live in the forest. Okate coe banwasena? Where can he have gone to

Kulikedeae, cekaKkanam biti mente, baiima, bah thiklA aikaueda.

Badse.\Is

Not

Banukkoa.

namely.

say,

"I

Banuk

?

Bonwat'}"^" Bao, Bao

^''^''^P^® ''^*°

Wind, breath, bail calaKkantaea.

j™^^''-

cholera.

He does not pass

Calamity, distress,

wind.

fear. basat. Calamity, trouble^ anxiety. Katiu gidra do cet' bao basat ho bah lagaoakoa. Little children have no anxiety. calamity has befallen. Bao basat boloakana,

Bao. Bao

A

B;l

42

[

Barae

]

Baora. M.\j^^^^,j ^^^^jj ^^ stature. Bauri. b. j

modest, Poor, miserable, Bapuric. submissive, good natiired.

Baore.

Bapu *

Cf. aosa baosa.

Baosa.

Baosao. \To persuade, coax, wheedle, cajole. Bhaosao.J Bap. 1 Bapa. vFather.

g^'"-

an ad-

JTwo.

Bar

jiwi.

Pregnant.

moca khon bar mocaena.

It is

no longer a

secret.

J

A form

Bap dhon.

of address to elders or supe-

riors.

reciprocal form of ba-

The

Bapadae.

progenitors.

dae. (q. v.)

reciprocal form of bagi (q. v.); to separate as a husband and wife, to divorce. Bapagenakin. They are separated.

The

Bapag.

Advantage,

Bapha.

fruit, return,

be-

fast, to

food, applied

refrain from taking

generally

with

re-

gard to dogs.

tage.

Bap dada. Forefathers, ancestors, Bapa purkha. Ancestors.

To

Bar.

Nolcoe bap dhon, goden, gurenale. Bapoti dhon. Paternal estate, patrimony, heri-

Up9.s barakat'ae.

Bara. In comp. expresses frequency, continuance, habit. Nir barae kanae. He runs about. Dara bara dareaKae. He is able to go about. Apepe men baraeeda. Ton are in the habit of

Ace

saying. liel baraUa, arsire. in the mirror.

A

Bara.

He

will look at himself

pigsty. Eingworm.

Sukri bara.

nefit. Arjaoefrehole baphage

bahle

Tiameda.

Al-

though we get good crops we arc not benefited

(

it all

goes to the

To steam,

Baphao.

money

to cook

lender.)

by steam-

ing.

Barabar. \Even, level, equal, regular, Barabari. J invariably, without change, always, incessantly, continually. Barabg^riko hijuKkana. They come continually. Level it down. Barabarigeako. They are equal. Jiwi barabari tahentaea. Hia mind W4II be at

Barabar gotkam.

Marriage, wedlock

Bapla.

;

to marry.

Bapla biha. Marriage. Onkoko baplaKkan, arko goiie^ko tahekana. They were marrying, and giving in marriage.

Hia bride was of hia own

Atoregeye baplaena. village.

Kirili

father,

Barea. J Bar gel. Twenty. Bar isi. Forty. Mit'

Bapu.

my

thakur. God dress in prayer,

Cf. baiirl.

Forms balm bapla.

rest. '

p.

'.

"'

},

[To gabble, to chatter.

Barabari.

of Marriage.

Cf. barabar.

Barae buru6.

bapla. Apaiigirko reaK bapla. Kora kuri kunijel Aapamkate bapla. ]Sir bololi bapla. Itui:

sparkle, as

To rise in bubbles, to when the sun shines

on water here and there. ;

To go about, to run here and there, to go in and out, from place to place, to scatter

Bara6 burud. Jawae kirilioK bapla. Hirom eetan bapla. Tuhki dipil bapla. i)are bapla

"J

Band bapla

3

or

;

A

marriage ceremony performed by the person who planted the tree,

dug the tank.

Father, an exclamation of surprize, used deprecatingly. Bapo bail doe calaoen, bail do menaegea, bapo. Hao bapo. An exclamation of sorrow alas

Bapo.

;

!

B9.A calaRa bapo.

Bapoti dhon.

Patrimony, paternal

heritance, heritage.

Baptis.

Baptisma. la.

jrp^ J

baptize '

; '

baptism, r

in-

slippery.

Kami botorteye barad burue baraekana. He goes about from place to place through fear of having to work.

Apan a.pin barae burudko oalaoena. They scattered each his own way. Barae. \ To know, to be cognizant Badae. / to estimate.

Kst-}

To know

of,

for certain.

Barae daram. To foreknow, to fore see. Badaekate bae baridleda. Ho did not waste knowingly.

it

Barag

Barag.

4:;

[

Like, resembling.

thick rope. refulgent, as the sun's light before

,,'

Bare. May, oh that please, do. Emallme bare. Do give it please.

Ma bare

Bare.

man.

Barea.

Baran burun.

Gently, to sob, to draw long breaths when weeping, to

sigh.

Barahgi. Tang of arrow head, spearhead, &c. inserted into the shaft.

Less.,

plants

receive

To fast, to slake, or decompose, as hot lime to fall down, as earth in water. Naekeye baraoaka£a. The priest is fasting.

Barao.

dare.

Two.

A

common Panicum

will slake.

grass,

colon-

A

Bare baha.

flowering plant found the gardens ot the Santals, Pentapetes phasnicea, Linn.

in

Bare bare.

Often, continually.

Bare

time after time, He

The Banyan

dare,

is

continually

tree,

Fious

bengcdensis, Roxb.

;

The lime

please go.

Bare bare ariseditikanae. annoying me.

natifida, D. C.

Cun baraoKa.

Cf bare

Bare badwarak. ") Bari badwak. J um, Linn.

this

one Vernonia cineria, the other Glossogyne pin-

Do

calalfme.

Alo baye hoyoKma. May it not be. Uni bareye hijuK. Oh! that he would come.

;

Two

flying fox, the large fox

Edwardei.

Cutiabarduruo.

he appears above the horizon pale yellow, like the colour of a China-

Barangom. name,

The

bat, Pteropus

!

Baran baran. \ Brilliant, Barari burun"./

bat.

Kahu bardnrud.

Hon

looks like milk.

A

A

Bardui-a6.

do kakaA oyalfre guti baragili khataolena. I worked like a servant in my unole'a house. Noa dale do toa barag AeloKkana. This water Iii

Barahi.

JJnrluii

Thy

Barem. Bareii.

My

brother.

brother.

Bunnm hasa lohoflenkhan barao godoK a. Baret. His brother. Bara pathol. A rather uncommon anApa bare. A woman's father and brothers. ApuA bared. My father and brothers. nual plant, Vernonia divergens, Benth.

Baras

Now

Baris baris. / Barat. Barat.

and again, at

inter-

vals.

")

With great

J

pelt, as large rain drops.

force,

Baraudha.

Gleanings of

ness,

fish.

After the water has been baled out the fish caught are divided equally among those concerned, after which each catches at his own hand. The fish thus caught are 'bar9.u(Jha' fish.

Barbar. lie

Cf.

A

spear. force, or

liur go6ena.

A

Barge.

garden, a

OraK barge.

it

field.

The garden or

field in which the cultivator's house stands. Baher barge. An out-lying garden, or field.

Cf potam. .

Bargi. JTheMahrattas. Burgi. j Burgi

biraj.

Mahratta raiders.

To increase. Cf badhao. name of Abge bonga, (q. v.) A Barhet. momenTo increase, to multiply, to Barhiao. ")

He

fell

with great

force.

Bardak bardak.

on the quiet. Bargao goftadeae. He put him on the alert. Nui sipahi bargaoakawadeae, uni horre. He has this eipahi on the track of that man.

Barhao.

Bardak. With great tum. Bafdak menteye

;

Barge potam.

bara bara.

Said to a buffalo to make down.

Barchi.

put out of the way, as a witor stolen property to put one on the alert, to give a hint on, to

heavily, to

Barat menteye dalkedea. He struck him a heavy blow. Barat barate daRkeda. The rain simply pelted.

Barbar.

To be one of the party to accompany a bride to her new home. Bargao. To suborn, to egg on, to set Baretok.

baris. 1

Badhiao Bin

Cf badrak badrak.

J

grow.

ijhcr barhiaoen.

creased.

The debt has greatly

in-

Barhon

44

[

Bg-rid

grown.

full

Barhonta.

Tou

Baricem dareena.

Well grown, well developed,

Barhon.

Barinangao

]

merom

khg-si

are very strong.

menaKkoa gada paromre.

There are very many goats on the other side of the river.

Growth.

Barhonta khub hoyoKkantaea.

He

is

growing

well.

Well grown, fully developed, good conditioned. Onko khubbarhontarako. They are well grown.

Now and again, at interBaris baris. vals, either longer or shorter.

Barhontar.

•'

>

o'' Ban.

House, household.

TD

>

.

J

Noa atore adi barjao menakkoa. Noa ato do adi barjaoa.

'

j

Cas bari. Cas bari

A common

)

is

De grass,

b9,riitbon lagaoa.

Baria. The Bania caste, a shopkeeper or pedlar who sells salt, spices, tobacco, &c.

with very with extreme dif-

difficulty,

ficulty. Bari9,reko bohalena.

;

to feign. Barkadte bail

They 'got work with

dif-

Baria kandhum. A small bush, Phyllanthus lanceolarius, MiM-Arg. So called from the resemblance the frnit bears to the pads pedlars put on their heads under the

Bariao.

I did not tell

you on

Euarkate barkaoteye ru9.Rkan tahekana. returned and feigned illness.

To

Barkao.

and

She

hatch, as eggs of insects

reptiles.

Tejo barkaoKa bele khon.

Caterpillars hatch

Barket. \ Blessing, to be blessed, to increase, or succeed through Borket. J

being blessed. Noudebon dakaea, nonde khub

barketolca.

We

cook here, there will be a blessing. barket khub hoyoKa. yon do this your blessing (profit) will

will

Noam kamilekhan amak If

baskets they carry.

A

laiiatmea.

purpose.

from eggs.

Acuity.

Baria kohnda.

lay a forfeit.

Wittingly, knowingly, of set purpose, pretence to test, to prove,

eaten in times of famine and scar-

great difficulty,

Come let us

Pa- Barkac.

city.

With

a forfeit. bet, a washer, °

Barjit. J

'Barehadwa.raM.fnicmn Colonum, Ln. The grain

>K

d'' J-,

Farm and stock.

Bari badwali

Baria.

[-Crowded, populous. r r

'^'^l'^'

Barjao.

be great.

species of jDumpkin.

Rich, affluent, wull-to-do.

To dismiss. Nui gutiA barkhaskedea.

Barkhas.

I dismissed

this

servant.

Marriage procession from the bridegroom's house to that of the

Bariat.

Barkhet.

bride. Barigitko.

Those who compose the marriage

Bariau. Rich, gant.

great,

powerful, arro-

Bad, wicked, ruined, destroyed, wasted to commit evil, to ruin

Baric.

;

destroy, waste. AmaKle bariiakat'a.

Barki. \ Batki. J

It is ruiued. barijeail. baric. Very bad, very, extremely. baric. Very many, very numerous. b^rie joakana. There is much fruit.

The nodes are far in the bamboo

when

species of bamboo. and the hollow with-

apart, large.

It is

used to make

call, or send for a person, to procure any thing by means of ano-

An adjective or adverb possessing intensifying force. in this tank.

-

There

double necklace of

To desire, to determine, to set one's heart on a thing, to

possibly go.

Baric dal^ menal^a, noa pukhrire do.

A

Barmaiigao.

Baric.

much water

A

Barlanga mat.

Almost, possibly. Baric. Dal barickedeali. I almost struck him. may

first, or chief wife there are two or more.

Barlar mala. beads.

Barieena.

I

The

flutes.

Men

Sen bariioKaii.

barket.

gether.

procession.

Adi Adi Adi

C£

A

shawl or wrap made by sewing two widths of cotton cloth to-

Barki.

is

ther. CalaU l9.gii;i]i barmahgaoakawaua.

Uni

I intend to go. horili barmahgaoakawadea, jahan lisindi/i damlekhaniil. god utare.

Barmon

Barmon. -n'

,

'i'

Double-minded, }

45

[

Barphai.

fickle.

Noa

A

Ba«o

]

double-barrelled gnn.

gain, benefit.

Pi-ofit,

kfimiro bes barphai profit in this work.

A

Barphara sakom. Barnan. 1 rn > io explam, to T) ^ Bornon. J i

•

,

,

To

Barsa pakor. Barsapako.

recognize, to examine, to

Uni hor bamaoem, oka karon kantaea. Examine the man, and see what disease he

barnaoledea. I did not recognize him.

A gregarious shrub

growing to a height of 3 or 4 feet, Glerodendron infortunatum, Linn.

Barni. ") Varni. J

A thicket of

B^imi gajar.

") Barni ghat. Telkupi giiat. J

district, of

A ford

Damuda Manbhum

on the in

river

Barsid

ed,

custom of the Santals to take the baha' (q. v.V of those who in life have been characterised by a fondness for music and jollity, to the Damuda at Barni ghat' and there consign them to a watery grave.

It is the

Baro bakhan. Baro hunar.

^ |-

Bisbakhan. the dozen," Baro bakhane

J

To

fy

;

names, to

vili-

endlessly,

'•

egerkedilia.

He gave me

mushroom

Noa bir

all the

Ape

;

do more, to

to

exceed.

Barti. J ce1;pe

b^irtieda ?

What do

ye more (than

others ?)

A

Baru.

large tree, Schleichera tri-

juga, Willd. The seeds

yield

an

useful for cutaneous

oil

affections.

r.

•

•

'

Gunpowder, blasting powder.

[•

A

C£

large bullfrog.

barud.

Smell, odour, scent

scent. Basaeme. Give him a smell of

He

Water

the feast. Baseilkana. I smell

;

to smell, to

it.

has scented out

it.

year round in this tank.

Baromasia. All the year round. Cf baromas. Baromasia. The Green Bulbul, Phyllornis Jerdoni. is said to resemole those of twelve different kinds of birds.

oaU

To

forbid, to taboo. HijuK iA baronakadea. I forbad him to come.

twelve and seventeen, at random, thoughtlessly, unconsotro.

collecting ex-

sondra lagiiJko barteakat'a.

Barti. 1 More, exceeding

Bhoj basteye heuakana.

Baromas daK tahena, noa pukhrire.

Baro

or agree to the date

fix

cursion, &c.

Bas.

ways.

Baron.

plate.

all

Baromas. The whole twelve months, used to signify continuance, al-

Its

For the present.

pedition,

Baruj.

kinds of abuse.

remains

A

by Barudan.

all kinds.

to catch fish with

Hideous, repulsive, ill-favourproportioned, monstrous.

nag, to abuse, to

call

;

bait.

and place of a hunt, fishing ex-

'

Barni mela. ~) A largely attended yearly fair or mela held Barni porob. J at Barni ghat.

j.

««i^mon plant,

ill

To

Barte.

Chutia Nagpur, where

jaii

i

'''''*1^*^^'

hook

orsiri.

Bartan.

there are extensive ruins attributed to the Jains. '

^.i

a hook and

Bartan.

Bgirni' bushes.

'

«

'^

]

A fish

Barsi. is

Buffering from. liel

1

Grewia Campbellii, Watt.

diagnose.*

Bali

double bracelet.

,

relate.

'

Barnao.

menaRa. There is good

Lit.

nected. Baro sotro alom rora. Do not apeak like twelve and seventeen. (12 and 17 agree only so far as they ca^be divided by one.)

Age, the female breast.

Bas.

Bas.

Noa

Dwelling place permanently. atoreko basakat'a. this village.

Basa.

Basan.

to place, to settle

They have

settled in

Lodging, residence.

To heat

Basah daK.

Susum

;

daR.

Basai) god.

water.

Hot

water. Warm water.

Water become

cold after having

been boiled.

Said to a dog to make down.

Basbas. Base.

Cf

banse.

it lie

Basgadi

46

Bata

]

Basgadi. To fix bamboos upright in Baskitia. To settle permanently in the ground for ihe purpose of giv- Boskitia. a place; an inhabitant. ing possession of, or attaching Boskotia. land in pursuance of a decree of Mare boskotig. hor kanae. He is an old resident. the civil court. Bas g?.Jiadii1ako. They put me in posaession. small adze, a species offish, Basla. Basgadi. To settle permanently, to Basmati. A variety of the rice plant. take up one's residence. cup. Non^ele basgadiakana. We haye taken up our Basna. I

I

A

A

residence here.

Basi.

Stale, fusty.

Dirty, as a pot in which rice has been boiled, not cleaned till next time it is used unimpregnated, as a Tassar silk moth.

Basia.

;

Tuktio alo b9.si^ dope dohoea, patniko basialfkana. Do not leave your cooking pots dirty, the Tassar silk moths are not pairing.

Ten

Basiam.

when

o'clock in the morning,

a light refreshment

taken

is

par-

To play a

are becoming a good

Baskaria. An adept at the flute. Okoe baskgtriako oroh idietkana ? Who are the flute players who play as they go ?

Baske. Left over from the previous meal, fusty, stale, unfinished. BaakeaK bar. 9 a. m. Baske daka. Rice left over from the previous meal.

Baske dakare loK

ia

hor. A modest confession A person who dies just as he

about to enjoy the fruits of his labour.

Ado noKoe baske mara do Baske man^a.

A

baiipe doholetlea.

banner placed at a Hindu

K?.mipe baskekeda.

You have

left

your work

of the twelve Santal tribes

or septs. Baste hoy. A person belonging

to the

Baske

sept. It is said that the progenitors of the Baske tribe when out on a hunting expedition cooked along with their supper sufficient tor next morning's meal, and on account of their eating stale rice, they were called Baske hor, " the men of stale rice."

Baskhapao.

women

Paharia village,

A populous village. Easi b?isti. Wealthy and populous To think well

Basut.

(as

a village.)

respect,

to

of,

approve of one, to care to take to, to bear love to, to

for,

attract, to obey.

Bako

bg-sutadiiia. They did not take to me. A(Jiye b?.sutaekana. He thinks well of him.

Property. ^""^^

Ci] basut! )

^"'^ chattels.

Rheumatism.

Bat.

Ga^ihig. bat.

of the jouita.

Sciatica.

To

Bat.

Rheumatism

Muscular rheumatism,

Sir bat. fan bat.

share, to divide

Past middle age, used of only.

;

share, por-

tion. Bat bakhra.

Share, particularly of ancestral property, or patrimony. Gruli baf. To cast lots. Khiori baf. A method of dividing the lands of a village in which no person gets two contiguous fields.

A

Bat. Bat

road, time.

To look for, to expect. Where two roads meet.

liel.

Baten bereua.

It is late.

XJniaK bafiii Ael horef kana.

unfinished.

One

village, a

a midge.

Bg.ati ato.

Dobatia.

shrine.

Baske.

fly,

populous.

Basut.

flute well.

Ton

flute player.

of ignorance.

A

small

to like, to

bask?'TiKkanam.

Baske mara hor.

.

}A

Basti.

of.

bg-ai^m. Half past ten, or eleven, when hunger begins to be felt. The name of this morning refreshment is from b?.si, (q. v.). Very often rice left from the previous day is partaken of.

4-Ai

daJf

Busndi

Khara

Baskari.

A

cup of water ; met. hope'of receiving some benefit or another. Mi{ basna daK reaK asre. In hope of getting a cup of water, (some benefit or other.)

Basna

I

am

looking for

his coming.

Bata.

) Exchange, discount, commis-

Batta.

J

sion.

Bata lagaoKa.

Bata.

A

Discount will be charged.

bamboo

lath, a

thin

slip of

bamboo, a piece of bamboo, &c. tied or nailed across to strength-

en

;

lattice

work, interlacing.

A bamboo tied lengthwise way between the eaves and ridge, to strengthen the rafters.

Andhari?. half

bata.

,

Batrt

Bata.

[

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A musical instrument of bell metal played by being struck with a small stick.

Bata.

A

DaK

bata.

A snipe.

blab, to blunder, to throw a stone in one's own garden, to put one's foot in it.

Alom

jahanalEem rof bata

rora, tliirkottme. tanaft joiia.

,

^^^'§^^*^ *^°

•

,

•,

i

^^^^^ ^^*^-

obstinate man.

Batki cia. J

ror ba^aante kombroem hoeena, baiikhan hutkam ohoko menlema. If you had not blabbed you would not have been called a thief.

To be at the last gasp, to breathe heavily, as a person at the point of death.

Bataic.

Batali bataerolckanae. He is breathing hia last. Batak batak lorao cabalenae.

Eatan batan. ") To snap testily. Becer becer. J

at,

to reply

Cf

batkara.

The

first wife.

Batkhara.

Amtegem

Batkia. The first wife > rt „„i„ *„., """^y *^°Chutki. The second wife, j Batkia. The first wife ~) MaAjhli. The second wife. If three. Chutki. The third wife. 3

"

>•

Batkunda. One who exaggerates, or draws the long bow, one who spins yarns. Marah batkunda hof kanae.

He

exaggerates

greatly.

To respect, to give heed to, to Batao. obey, to be effective, to heed. DalkederehS bae bataolaRa. Although he beat him he did not obey. Uni n9.bi menteko bataokedea. They respected him as a prophet.

Season, the proper time, state Batar. or condition seasonable. ;

Batarre. In season. Tak batar lielte. Watching for a favourable time (for sowing.) Bebatar. Unseasonable, unfavourable condit-

Batlao.

To shew,

Batar. T Unwholesome, inducing illsowing injurious, ness, Batara. J" discord, breeding dissension. Batara katha. Talk fitted to cause dissension. Bheij'a jel am l9.gi€ batafagea. Bam'a flesh is injurious to you,

Immature match, ;

to point out, to in-

struct.

K^mi

batlaoalime.

Shew me my work.

Susceptible to injury from eating certain foods, unwholesome, inducing illness, or

Batol. "> Bator. J

disease.

Am l^gii aiji batorgea. It is very unwholesome for you. Am l^git bail batofa. It will not injure you. Batori.

"1/^,

,-

tic

ions.

tumour.

Baturi. ry^''' The pea. Batra. Batra dal. Split peas.

To germinate,

Batrao.

to

germinate

well. Bail batraolena, aphor do.

The seed dhan did

not germinate well.

fellow.

A ornament worn by on the second toe.

Batri.

Bate.

Court-yard of a house. "I

Ale batere alom hnyeta. Do not enter our court-yard, i. e. do not come near us.

A

Bathan.

cattle

temporary enclosure

when taken

to a

for

distance

to graze, a sheep fold. metal cup or basin.

A A

Bati.

lamp wick, a lamp of Euro-

pean manufacture. Excess, surplus, overplus, to exceed present need, not required for present use. Noa nahel batilgetamkhan den iii emalime. If

Batil.

this

lend

by

\Obstinate,self willed, fluent Batkatua. J in speech, talkative. Marah batkatug. hoy kanae. He is a very

Sata lekau katha kana.

Bataric.

,

To mislead, to mistify speaking.

Bat katao.

Batki.

Bati.

.

^

Batkati.

To

Bata.

Batkara. 1 Batkhara. )

much

quail.

satur

Biitui'

]

plough is not required for present use it to me.

Thisi.

The guard

of the

'

women

b»tri.'

A

small bag used to carry / small articles in, such as money, tobacco, &c.

Batu. Batua.

")

Batua. M. Batwi. T.

Wanton, unchaste.

iig,^u^, b?itwikin calaoena.

Cystic tumour. Batur satur. Food left by others, refuse from a feast, dirty Satur gatur. Satur batur. J incomplete, as a narra-

Baturi.

"j

j-

;

tive.

Batur s^tur alom joma.

Do

not eat leavings.

Batwi

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[

Bebaric

]

Cf bai. To be seized with Bayok. Cf. batua. convulsions. Used by children when playing the game of hide and seek, also Bayul. by women to women to call atten- Bayul bayul. ]-Long, sweeping. tion, also used in some instances, Soyol boyol. J b}' a bala era' (q. v.) when saluting Bayul marteye donkeda, kul do. The tiger

Batwi.

Bau.

'

her

To be

Bauha.

made a long

bala herel.'

'

in season, said of ani-

spring.

Bayul marte udauenae, j)inoar maraK do. The peacock flew sweeping away. The tiger Bayul bayule don idikeda, kul do.

mals.

took a series of long jumps.

G^-iye bauhalckana.

Cf

Bazar.

In season, of animals

Bauhari.

;

wan-

A

Be.

dering.

bajar.

privative

denoting,

particle

v/ithout, not.

Baula.

The

Baula

bauli.

toe

peg of a badha '(

]

;

Unseasonable, out of season.

rote.

Bebha.

with, to

to dislilie

reject,

croak, as a frog in the rains.

Be-batar.

Bebe

49

[

A

Small, insignificant. bag, a portmanteau.

To stretch forward the body or arm, to lean upon.

Begkate tiogme.

Be-gadnao.

Stretch out and reach

To show

elders or superiors.

it.

disrespect

Of gadnao.

to

Begar

5t)

[

Begar. Separate, different to Separate, to divide the paternal inheritance, after which the sons set up on their own account. Begarenale. We have separated. (We have ;

no longer things Begarge lieloKkana.

in common.) It looks different.

"j

Bithiko senakana Mil} kos calak begare gapmekhan. pels you to go one kos.

Wide

Begbege. Begbege

If

he com-

apart.

tengoakanae.

He

standing with

is

his feet far apart. Mooa or begbegetaeme. Pull his mouth wide. (said to one who speaks too much.)

in-

Without ploughing.

sikate.

begor ce-C ho bape ceka dareaKa. me ye can do nothing.

Without

wonder, or astonishment much, astonishing, amazing. haharakkana, behai bam ilel oromakade.

Behaj."! Expressive of

Bejae. Behal.J

;

J-

Adiii

Behaj nixeiban hor kanali

cele.

To be

Be-hal.

ruined, destroyed, disunfortunate, to become

tressed,

poor, to lose all one's property unserviceable, damaged, worn out,

difficult

'

T>-

Unconscious, forgetful.

>

1

Thoughtlessly, carelessly.

Behurmat. ") To outrage one's modesty, to treat one shameBemurwat. )

Behal. Cf. behaj. Be-hephajot. To neglect, not to care of uncared for. gidr?i

do behephajotenae.

cared

for.

This child

is

un-

to trust, or

look to for help.

Behod.

Dull, slow, thick-headed.

Behoj.

Cf

Be-hok. Behol.

behaj.

behaj.

Hard,

difficult. Behor. Ar okoekoak p9.rsi ^.nari ar behorgea, onko then do bah, onkoali p9.rsi do ente ohom bujh^iu darelea.

Be-hor.

Bejae thonok ar adi moilj sade gotena. sounded sweetly and harmoniously. Bejae atetkanae. He strives vigorously.

It

Be-jaega. To evict one from his land, or house, to take one's land from him, to be landless. Jaega khon bejaegakediJiae. from my farm.

He

me

evicted

Be-jan. "Without knowing, ignorantly, unintentionally, accidentally. Bejanill tuiiledea. I shot him accidentally.

To

Bejar.

from an attack of be ill. He has fever. suffer

Beje beje.

Loquacious, garrulous.

A garrulous old woman. Bejek bejek. Foul, as a suppurating ;

liquid filth.

Bejelgak. Disgusting, unpleasant the sight, as a sore.

Bejha. Target, mark to shoot at a target.

Ma bejhaepe. Bejha

tuilpe.

shoot at

to

;

to

Shoot at the target. Shoot at the target.

!

Unjust, partial.

Cf

An adjective or an adverb posBejae. very, sessing intensifying force excessive, exceedingly, &c. &c.

Beje buijhi.

Behirlalenako. They had no one to whom they could look for help.

dom

got'kadea.

Be-husnak. Ugly, unadorned, plain, \Submissive, gentle, unasserBe-hut. BehHth. J tive, obedient, oppressive.

sore

To have no one

BehojkeU

laga

They shamefully treated him and sent him away empty-handed. Be-hus. C£ behos.

Bejarenae.

take

;

Be-hirla.

fully, to disgrace. Behurmatkedete eken tiko

fever, to

used up.

Nui

a tedious,

;

Without, except, besides, dependent of.

Begor.

Begor

Pathless,

road.

|-

work without pay.

Iii

Be-hor.

Be-hudis.

Forced labour without pay exacted by the Zemindars Bithi. j from their ryots. Beg?iriye kgimi ocoefkoa. He compels them to

Begar. Begari.

Be-juri

]

Unmarried, without a wife. He has not got a wife.

Behoran hor kanae.

Bejha. To put another forward, to lay the blame on another, to shield oneself at the expense of another, to blame. Sanam hortele galmarao miUkeda, ili geko bejhakedilia. We all agreed to it, and they have put

Be-juri.

")

Be-juri. J

all

the blame on me.

Odd, unequal, not in unison, as two flutes.

)

Bc-kam

Be-kam.

[

51

Useless, inefficient.

Bekar.

Uncomfortable,

Bendai

]

Be-lctuc.

malodorous,

disgusting. tere,

of children quarrelling, to squabble.

J

Beker bendan.

Swollen, puffed up, bursting, as a seed begun to germinate. Bel. To establish, to place a bed, stool, &c. for use, to spread a mat, &c. Parkom belme. Place the bed on its feet. F9.ti9,ko belafkoa. They spread mats for them.

Khub

Kubelaena. It is late. Selabela. Time after time, continually, often.

A common

weed,

Gcesulia

axiUari.s, Roxb.

is

a very heal-

fresh, as leaves

;

an

in-

fant.

Belna.

Belok.

To roll dough To separate

into thin cakes.

different. Belok beloke sirjauketkoa. He created them ;

species by species.

A

Belted. Bale

Time, the sun.

Belaorija.

Young,

Belkeil.

week's

Level ground.

ot.

Bela.

He

belkod gidr?. kanae.

thy child.

Level.

Bel. Bel

Strong, healthy, lusty, applied

to infants.

Beke beke. ") Said Tere

Impossible.

Belkec.

or

six

old, callow, unfledged.

An infant.

belteii.

Bemal.

month

of a

child

Useless, spoilt, ruined.

Mai dom bemalkedetaea.

Ton have

ruined his

property (bullock).

Beman.

To shew disrespect J proach, ")

Bemani.

to,

to re-

Belaur. The onyx. Alem bemaneBlea. Ton show disrespect to Beldar. semi-Hinduized caste of Be-manot. Disrespect, dishonour. earth diggers, a navvy.

us.

A

Bele. An egg to lay eggs testicles. Ghorao bele. Egg turned with sitting. PhokoK bele. An addled egg. Bele bu8?.K. To hatch. Potambele. Two small stars very close to each other, near Vega, in constellation Lyra.

To

ripen. Klpe grain. Gelelc beleK din. Harvest drawing near.

Bele.

Bele

Bemar.

A

Bembha.

relatives,

without

simpleton, a muff.

A

Bemblaha.

fool,

an ignoramus.

Without

Bemurad.

relatives,

without

heirs.

jail.

To disgrace, one's modesty.

Bemurwad.

l^l^H^Zna, ]0-"'P-

Bena. Bele lahaena. Bele lambaoeua. > Over Bele boramena. J

Goso bele. Borea bele

To ripen

1

A common grass found near tanks

be useless.

after having been pluck-

Benahak."! Uselessly, causelessly, fruit-

ripe, so as to

ed.

>

to outrage

and other moist situations, Anclropogon muricatus.

"1

Bele.

Without

heirs.

;.

;

gather, as an abscess, to suppurate, to mortify, to fester pus,

To

Benohok. V Benhak. J

vainly,

lessly,

for

no

purpose.

Benahakifi heaakana.

I

have come in vain.

;

matter, discharge. Toa bele. Suppurating breast, milk abscess. When it had been Balke€khan bele to^ena. punctured the matter escaped. The egg stealer, a star so B3le kombroio. called, probably Vega.

Bele botke. The yolk of an egg met. a small, young, insignificant crea;

,

ture. Bele botke ce€e Ijiama? What can this child say to you ? Bele botke dom agiiakadea. You have brought a small insignificant thing, (as a very small chicken for sacrifice).

Beleii beled

and

?

Skin tender in appearance

soft to touch.

To make,

Benao.

to prepare, to fully

develop, to be of good behaviour. Cf, banao. Gidra bae benaolena. The child has not developed well

Bed

(in

A

Benaphul.

body or mind).

variety of the rice plant.

Peevishly

bed.

;

to blubber.

Gidrg. do bell be

;

ver from

;

to

improve, to reco-

illness, to heal, to cure.

BeaoKgeJi Aamtana. I wish to get well. Beakamali. I will cure you.

Bes do ball metama.

I will not

commend

you,

Bes otoete. Efficiently, effectively, thoroughly. Bes barakatkoale. We healed their divisions.

Be-sabab.

Without a reason.

Be-sagun.

Ill-omened, an evil omen.

To

Besaha. of

traffic,

to

Turi besahae aenakana.

mustard

sell,

He

to dispose

has gone to

sell

seed.

Be-sajon. \ Ugly, unadorned, unfinished, unsuitable. Be-sajonta.J

Besao.

C£ be-sok. 1 To mimic, to mock,

Bhesao.

J

Besok.

Displeased.

Be-sak.

iJi

to follow

calaKa.

I shall

without

doubt,

most certainly

go.

Cf bayar. The Besra have the reputation of having been at one time very licentious. Tradition has it that they were separated from the others owing to the immoral behaviour of their eponym, who was called Besra, the licentious one. Besra bayar is apparently a gloss on the original Besra. .

Stubborn, self-willed, disobe-

Besrom. dient.

To importune,

clamour ithaon. Bethaon.

1

Beth. 3thon.

j

to entreat, to

for.

To wind bobbins.

Bothoniil calaUkana, jolha orakte. I am going to wind bobbins at the weaver's house.

Beth begar. Bethikan.

Bar

A

cane, a rattan. Calamus Rotang, Linn ; to flog with a cane, stroke of a cane. iai

Forced labour.

Without

He

bete liawaua.

received 40 strokes

with a cane. Betkedeako. They flogged him with a cane.

form of

Beta. Son, an affectionate address. Jawae beta. A bridegroom.

Be-tabe.

Free, independent.

Bet bel

A

game played by

children,

Betha. Inflamation of lungs, or branes thereof

Pain

Be-thah. Be-than.

to pain one in

;

membody,

certainty, unlimit-

ed.

Besumar. Countless, unlimited, that cannot be described. Besumare dgirkeda. He ran like the wind.

,t

")

^ery deep, bottomless.

j

To

Bethar.

sit

employed

;

generally

dump

in conjunction with (q. v.) Celate cat;i9.te durupen befharen. Bethaura. To watch, to superintend. TJsed mainly of a person who has made over thread to a weaver to be made into cloth, and who sits beside him until the cloth is woven, to see that his thread is] not made away with.

Be-thik. Incorrect, faulty, uncomforBan. thik.j table. Be-thir. Restless unrest. Betiar. Drawn up, unstretched. ~|

;

Weak,

Betkec.

Cele besrom kan coe roraK ho bae alijoma.

Bestok.

BSt.

or mind.

Besra. One of the twelve tribes or septs into which the Santals are divided. Besra bayar.

;

Kicricteye bet' esetena. He has covered his eyes with his cloth. Tite bedoKme. Put your hand over your eyes. Tukucreko beda. They cover up (the article) in the pot. Tukuoe betkat'ge. He closed the opening of the pot, i. e. put on the lid.

Betha.

suit.

Be-sok. \ Assuredly, certainly. Be-sak. J BsBok

blind fold, to cover the eyes, on a lid, or cover to cover.

to put

;

Good, well

Bes.

To

Bet'.

form to disfigure shapeless.

or

tender, young, callow.

Bale betked. An infant. Nui betkede arisakat'a. This infant is annoying.

Beton.

Pay, wages.

Betrel

Small, insignificant.

Betre^ mara gidra. cant child.

Beyakaran.

A

bothersome, insignifi-

Grammar.

Beyan. \ Explanation, relation Bean, j plain, to relate.

;

to

ex-

Bhab. Friendship, love, sorrow, anxiety. XJnkin do

aiji

bhabtakin. They are very friendly.

BhaboKkanakin. They are enjoying each other's society.

Uni do

?(Ji

bhab boloadea.

He had

very great

Bhabi

To

Bhabi.

Guni hhabiK

55

[

To

grievo over, to sorrow over,

To

sorrow, to grieve

;

sorrow,

grief. Bebarieili bhabnaena. I am exceedingly sorrowful. Maejiu do gidr^ joiire bhabna menaKtaea. A woman wnen in travail hath sorrow.

To

Bhabrao.

induce,

lead away beguile.

by

to instigate, to

I

tigation. Bhabrao idikediilae, takaii guiled me by offering me

ed

went at

emama.

his ins-

He

be-

money.

A

Bhabri. small robusta, Roxh.

Evihelia

bush,

Bhacam bhucum.

Idle, lazy.

Bhaoam bhucumem dara baraekana.

You

me

man knocks

Restless,

Bhadi9,l bha4i*le calaK kana.

Cf bhador. Bhadoo hero. Rice that ripens month Bhador, Augst-Sept. Bhado.

To

gabble. Bhacbhace roreda.

chatter,

pigeon, or a quail.

He

chatters.

A

very small sensitive the rains, Biophitutn sensiiivum.

common during

plant,

still.

to prate, to

in the

Bhador. The fifth solar month, AugustSeptember. Bhador khoroo. A veiled name for & wild

always on

the move, unable to remain

when be walks.

his knees

Knock-kneed.

Bhador jhapni.

Bhacad bhucud.

revil-

before all the people.

Nui hoy do bha(Je£ bha^ete tafamefkana. Thia

go

loafing about.

tc»

Knock-kneed, to Bhadet bhadet. walk as one weak in the knees.

to

bhabraoteri hedena.

Bhac bhac.

on, to revile. Tu^r gidra alom bhadeskoa. Kaimi realie bhadosedi^kana. Bbados katbae rofadiria. He reviled me. Horko samahro 9i

>

J

Dayakko geko

bhg.gan, ente onbo do dayaakoa. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive

mercy.

;

patter.

They ran pattering away. Bhad bhade arelkeda. The hail pattered. Bhad mente liurena. It fell pattering.

Bhad bhadkin darkeda.

Bhad bhud. Bhad bhud.

Bhag.

idol made by the Hindus month of Bhador (q. v.)

)

To

fall

with a thud, to

thud. J Bhad bhud riuroKkana. They

Bhagao. To overcome, to conquer, to gain victory. Bhagaokodeail I conquered him. Dareenali, uniye bhagaoena. ,

Bhagao.

To

divide,

Nui merombon bhagaoea. fall

with a thud.

to

divide

We

will divide this

into

shares, or pieces. goat into pieces

(for

convenience of

sale.)

Bhagat

[

Bhagat. A vegetarian. Bhage. Good, well.

A

hor. A good man. Bhagegeye rorlaKa. He said

Bhaisa. rather uncommon plant only found at high elevations, Golebroolcia oppositifolia, Linn.

Bhage

well.

An adverb or an adjective pos-

Bhagete.

sessing intensifying force. Bliageteye dalkedea. He beat him severely. Bhagetekin k^plig.ri9,uena. They quarrelled fiercely.

Bhageteye egerkedea.

Bhage

sahltte.

He abused him violently.

Carefully,

well,

dili-

gently, effectually, minutely, give one's mind to. Bhage sahitte disgi dohoeme. Treasure it up in

your mind.

Bhafidar.

} ^

Bhag jat.

A

'^^'^®^' ^ P^^*^^^'

system of cultivation in

which the cultivator supplies the cattle, implements and labour, and receives one half of the produce. Bhagin. Deo

Niece.

bhg.giQ.

Bhagna.

Bhagnam.

Bhagnam

and their children.

children,

or nieces. Bh^gnad. My nephew, Bhagnaii kora. Bh^gn^ii kuri.

or niece.

Thy nephew, or niece. Thy nephew. Thy niece.

kora.

Bh9.gn9.m kuri.

Bh^gnat, bhg.gn9itte£. Hia nephew, or niece. Bhagnitkora. His nephew. Bhg,gnat kuri. His niece.

My niece.

Bhagnim.

Thy niece.

Bhgignitte^.

Bhagni.

Bhaira. M. y acious, talkative. Bhajri, F. j^^l" Adi bh^^jri maejiulkanae. She ia a very talkative woman. Bhak. To bubble, as a spring ")

Bhakar bhakar. Bhakar bhukur,

of water or as boiling water to issue ;

Bhak bhak. Bhukur bhukur.. from an

in puffs, as steam to spurt, as blood artery ; to rise as a smell, ;

to issue forth.

Bhak marte so rakap go^ena. Bhak bhak dhua todoKkana. The smoke issues in puffs.

Bhukur bhukur heiJejoKkaua.

The water boils

Language,

dialect, speech.

Bhakha.}^^^^^'*'*"^^''^^^Bhakhaefkanae, menkhan bae boasts, but cannot do it.

Bhakara. Bhakhara.

A

")

darelena.

rumour, a

report, a

false report,

J

He

boasting

bragging. Jahudiko talare bhakaraakana teheii dh^bioge. And this report continueth to this day among the Jews.

His niece.

To be overcome,

Bhaka.

nephews

My nephew. My niece.

Bh?.gniii.

A pot, a basket, a vessel. Kuhk?l bhajan. Earthenware, pottery. Mahle bhajan. Basket ware, bamboo ware.

Bhajan.

and bubbles.

A man's sisters Sisters'

Bhaknda

58

Bhakar bhakar. to withdraw.

Cf,

Bhakar bhukur.

bhak.

bhak, He is overcome. Bhak bhak. Bhagwa. A narrow strip of cloth pasCf, bhak. sed between the thighs, and tuck- Bhaknao. To chatter. ed into a waist string (doi'a q. v.) Bhak bhok. To speak nonsensicallj^ before and behind, to conceal the as a drunken man. privy parts a piece of male attire. Bhakcu. Stupid, witless. Bhai. (1) Brother. (2) Or, whether. Bhakha. Speech, language. CalaUam, ki bbg-iem tahenreho. Bhagnienae.

Cf,

;

Eken bhakha teCge taharese£ bae kami dareaka.

Bhaiadi. Brothers, near relatives. Bhaica. Elder brother's children, ne-

phews, or nieces. Bh^ioaliko. My elder brother's chidren. kora. My nephew.

Bhg.ic9iii

„

kuri.

My niece.

Bhgiic?.m. Thy nephew, or niece. Bhgiicamko. Thy nephews, or nieces. Bhaioam kora. Thy nephew. kuri. Thyneice. ,, Bhaicat. 1 ttt.

H'« nephew, or niece. Bhaic?,ttet. 5 Bhaic?.tko. His nephews, or nieces. Bh?.ioat kora. His nephew. kuri. His niece. ,,

To

Bhakha. Bhakhara. Bhakti.

boast.

Cf,

Cf bhaka.

bhakara.

Religious, pious.

Bhakh bhakao.

To

issue

freely,

to

spring, as water.

Bhakhna bhakhni.

Idle, obscene talk. Cetko 00 bhakhna bhgikhniye rorleda.

Bhakndao.

To

deceived.

stray,

to

err,

to

be

Bhivkum

Bhakum.

Bhakum

[

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qu ^ j ^ ^ IShort-necked, stout and short necked.

1

bhak.

i

Bhakurbhak. J Bhakwau. Cf. bhutau. Bhal.

Good, respectable.

Jom

geloali bhala, oet'leka sebela. I will try and see how it tastes. Bhalali, iSelinea. Good, I shall catch you yet. it

Bhalai. Benefit, service, gain, profit, good. Bhgilg.i oookoali.

I will benefit them.

Great, good, rich.

Bhal bhal horko dat rahgaoKkana, ar am do uni sohgem lagaoKkana? (Better men than you can't do it).

Bhale bhale. Good, rich, wealthy, great, respectable. Bhale bhale hor. Rich men, gentlemen. Bhale m9.nus. A respectable man, a gentleman, a courteous humane person.

Bhalki rua.

Fever

beginning with

violent ague, but of short duration.

Bhalok.

Mad, suffering from

rabies,

A mad

Bhalol^ seta.

dog.

bhalogoKa.

The dog wiU become

mad. BhalolEenae.

Bhalua.

He

is

mad. (said of a violent man.)

A swallow,

a sand martin.

A battle axe, so named from its resemblance to a swallow with outstretched wings.

Bhalua kapi.

Bhalwa. Used by blacksmiths punching holes in iron. The punch passes through the

when

iron into a hole

in the bhalwa.

The vessel into which cows are milked. CukaK bhan^. A small milking pot.

Bhand.

Bhand. ") To defile, to corrupt, to defile Bhond. J ceremonially, to break a holy day.

Bhand. M. Bhandin. F. Bhundin.

"j

y J

Ceremonies after the last the dead have been per-

rites for

formed.

ted).

A

Bhandan dahri.

cloth passed across the forehead and tied behind.

Bhandan bhundun.

To decimate, play havoc, diminish. Bhandan bhnn(Juiiko godena. Death has played

havoG with them. Netarle bhancjaii bhun(Juiien i9.te bale sendraeda. Through our being at present greatly diminished in number we do not hunt. Sanam parkom bhandan bhunijun topakena.

To defile, to deflower. Nui hor do saname bhan^aoet'koa.

Bhandao. Bhandar.

A granary, a store.

Bhandar.

The

A

Bhandari.

licentious.

Bhanda bhandi.

A man

and woman

coming together without the sanction of the Santal laws. Bhanda bhandienakin.

Prolapsus

Bhand

ani.

house steward.

The portion of the Sanpargannas north and east of the Adjoe river. disom.

tal

A

dare.

large forest tree, so

named. Bhandur. To become worthless,

fruit-

less, to lender ineffective. ISToa kg-mi bhanfjurena. This work is fruitless.

Lg-ndur bhg-udur dinko khemaoeda. They go through life lazily (never exerting themselves).

TinaK kami bhandurentilia. work has been rendered

How much

of

my

fruitless.

To change clothes, of woclothes of women to become disarranged so as to be immodest. Noa kicric bhandur gidikam, bail bes ileioKkana. Change this garment it does not

Bhandur.

men

;

look well.

Bhan.

Hemp. To destroy,

Bhandao.

to pervert

Adulterer, adultress, those who marry within the prohibited relationships,

anus.

Bhan(.lar algao.

Bhandu

violent, frenzied. Seta doe

Bhandan.

Nai khonru^j-kateko bhancJanoKa. The Bhandan ceremonies are observed after returning from the Damuda river (where the jah baha (q. v.) of the deceased has been deposi-

Bhala. Well, good, well then,, you don't say so, let mo see then, it does not signify, it matters little.

Bhal bhal.

Bhangn

J

Bhanga.

To

;

to lead astray,

to stray.

break, tamper with, per-

mar, undo, to be discontented, to break harmony. Bahuko bhaugakkantakoa, oetlekatep Karchuvert, spoil,

te laJroko

maketkoa.

How is

it

that the

sons' wives are becoming discontented? They are striking them on their stomachs with the ladle (don't give them sufficient food).

Jiwiho hulais bhaiigaentakina.

Bhangabhat

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[

A

To break, to destroy. Gadi sanam bhangabhatena. The cart is

Bhangabhat.

all

broken to pieces.

Bhanga muri. Bhangao. To

Half a bigha. to open up, to change money, to spend, to tamper with, pervert, to break up, disperse. break,

Ehed bhangao.

To

explain.

Bhir bhaiigaoena. The crowd has dispersed (the assembly has broken up.)

Gohako

They tampered

bhahgaokeljkotiiia.

with my witnesses. otko bhahgaoa. They will break up new ground. Taka poesa bhanganiko. Money changers.

Nawa

Bhanga

ReHgious

puja.

performed

ceremonies

the tassar silk (Antheraea mylitta) have

worms

after

spun their cocoons. Bhanga suli. To become poor, to lose Bhanga sulia. / wealth and position, broken in fortune. all

"(

Bhanga

A

decayed village. destroy, to be destroyed, or

sulia ato.

Bhangat. To broken, to become a water course, generally applied to the ridges round rice fields when broken or carried away by a rush of water. Bhaugafareme. Repair the breaches in the ges of the rice

solate

rid-

to

;

ting the people of

Bhahtaoenale nes do.

tlie fair.

We are broken this year

(poor.)

Idle, lazy, slothful.

Bhadka bhakur.

Rate, price. Thik bhao ar ojonte. Correct rate and weight.

To prophesy,

Bhao.

Cloth worn thin and

at the point of tearing.

Bhfinkur. The sound emitted by any thing struck when drawn tight a strhig, &c. drawn tight, knocked off the straight. ;

To

Bhaoar.

exercise, as

practice, to train,

accustom expert, ;

an athlete

to

break

;

to

in,

to

skilled, smart.

Dal bhaoar. To beat into shapie. Nui daiira do bae bhaoarakana. This bullock is

unbroken.

He is an expert. Bhaondao.l m ,. ^° disappear, to ibe Bhaorao. / Bhaoar hor kanae.

G^i okate con bhaonijaoentiila. somewhere.

^

i

.l

lost.

My cow is

lost

Bhaora. Of the male sex, a veiled term. Ado one bako mena, abo do herel bhaora

Small round opening in a wall to admit light, a receptacle in a wall. Bhaora bhugaK, or bhuli. A window opening.

Bhaora,

A

Bhaora. boring instrument I'esembling a brace. Cf.

bhaondao.

Vertigo, a dizziness to

break. Katha bail bhailjlekhan orge noa reak

Bhaoria.

One who peddles

spices, &c,

salt,

tobacco,

and carries his wares

in a basket on his head.

A

Bhaori mala. Bhaosao.

To

vail

upon

kind of necklace.

coax, to persuade, to preby entreaty.

Uniye bhaosao ruarena ed to return.

Bhaotia.

A

.

She has been persuad-

species of antelope.

Bhaowar. Cf. bhaoar. Bhaph. Steam, vapour.

Bhar. bail ca-

which

cattle are subject.

;

to cook

by steam-

Load, weight, charge, responsi-

bility difficult. Bhar do noare paraoakana. The weight rests on this. Adi bhabna, bujhau bhargeii atkareda. ;

laka.

To

to

sed with a spirit of divination. Mase bhaoaleme. Prophesy unto us.

To destroy, to break Bhaphao. To steam, down dilapidated, in disrepair. ing. Bhaaj. To enquire into, clear up, to Bhanlabhat.

Bharijao.

explain,

to

divine, to speak as a person posses-

Bhaori.

destroy, to lead astray, to pervert to stray, to be broken in estate. Mela ren horem bhahtaoetkoa. You are perver-

Bhangua.

which an

Bhao.

become de- Bhaorao.

To

Bhantao.

Bharij dhiri. stone with athlete practices.

fields.

To go to ruin, and forsaken.

Bhangor.

Bhara

]

an athlete to spend time, to

exercise,

to be inured to,

as

;

cash a cheque, or currency note,&c. Let bhalijao agiiime. Get the note cashed. Kami bhalijaoKme. Accustom yourself to work.

Bhara. Bhara

Rent, fare

;

to hire, to rent.

orak. A hired house. Eel bbara. Railway fare.

;

Eharabhat

To

Bharabhat.

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[

destroy, to

waste, to

spend, to squander. bharabhatkeda. He squandered the money. Jemon cet' ho alo bharabhatoK. So that no-

Talcae

thinfr

may be

Bhara bhuru. as earth

the rains. bhuru

i9.teko

sob.

Bharan bhuruiie raKeda.

He

To

In

is

sobbing.

swell, to puff out,

;

people swell. Biunokice bharaoSa.

Janko bharaolca. Jan bharaokedeae.

To be

frightened, startled.

Continuously, without hitch, or halt

")

Bharar bharar. J

ting

is

keda. This man gave his evidence in the court without a hitch.

Bhar bhar.

~)

Cf bhar bhar. Cf bharar. To issue uninterrup-

come way continuously, to unwind easily.

Bharar bharar. UlidaK

J

setelioKkana

Bhar bhar. Bhara bhuru.

a-

tedly, to

bharar bharar.

flows continually. Sut?im bhar bhar raralikana. off uninterruptedly.

1 Softened,

woof

Saliva

The thread easily

dered, loose. J But ataere bhara bhuru otejoKa. To revolve, to Bhar bharao.

Warp and

reels

pow-

repay-

Paiirali bharnakedea, mahajon then. debt to buUook in payment of

I gave a the.money

of a debt.

my

lender.

Bharndo. A whirlwind. Bharo. To be astonished, amazed, to wonder. Bharoenali. I am amazed. Bharor bharor. Cf. bharar bharar.

Hope, expectation. Bharosa. India, Hindusthan. Bharotborsa. Bharsa.

Hope, exepectation,

round, to whirl.

reliance.

Full force, or ability.

Bhnrsak.

A

method of cooking

fish,

mushrooms, and vegetables by wrapping up in leaves and roasting in ashes.

Bharti To enlist, to be enrolled engage, to recruit. Iskulre bh9.rtikom.

Bharti hormo.

;

to

Enrol them as scholars.

Pregnant.

Bharua. Large caterpillars, principally those oi Attacus atlas, and Attaciis Selene; an insignificant person. Bharua kanae, cet ho bael badaea. He is a caterpillar

spin

weft.

in

ment

Bharta.

Ct. bhorat.

Bharar bharar. Bharar bharar.

to the

To give property

Bharna.

clearly.

Nui hor bharar bharar kaoah?rire gohae gujran-

Bharat.

The name given

Otor bharna.

to be-

distended, to be inspired, to be possessed with a spirit of divination dropsical swelling. A.iji hor jaiigako bharaoKa. The feet of many

Bharar.

full swing, excessive. bharkharko roKhoekana. Planin full swing over our way just now.

ale sen

by weavers.

come

Bharao.

Arrived at maturity.

Bharkhar.

Bharna.

To

Bharan bhurun.

dhasao goo-

tahekanae.

Bharjuan. Netar

On(jlenaK hasa bhara ena.

Bharao.

A

Bharia. stick with slings at either end, in which any thing to be carried is placed, carried over one shoulder. Bh^irig- idieli

wasted.

Easily powdered, loose, soft, as roasted grain in

;

Bhasa bharra

]

and knows nothing.

Bharur. \To untwist, to open out again Bharur. J as twine, to recover flesh and strength after an illness.

Two plants go under this Baber bharurena. The twine has untwisted. name, Ocimum basilicwm, Linn. Knowledge, ability. Bhas. and Ocimum canum, Sims. NuiaK lur bhas b?.nulctaea. He has no knownoise. crashing Bhar bhur. A ledge.

Bharbhari.

Bhari.

To load a burden, a load heavy, Bhasa. ;

;

excessive. Sagarreko bharia. They load it on a cart. Hajar bhari bes hasa. A thousand loads of good soil. Bhari hormo. Pregnant, enciente.

Bhari.

Cf

bhori.

Language, speech.

Eaj bhasa.

Bhasa.

A

The imperial language, English. variety of the rice plant.

Bhasa bharra. lessly, to

At random, thoughrave as an insane persont.

Bhasa bharrae roreda.

H speaks at random.

Bhasam

To reduce

Bhasam.

to ashes

Sanam

sengelte bliasamena. to ashes.

To launch,

Bhasan.

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[

by

to set afloat, to

throw into water. Bhasankoako dibiko. They throw the

idols

into water.

Bhasao. To be carried away by water, or a flood. Ona munijhat do bhasao oalaoena. The log has been carried away by a

flood.

Bhas bhus.

Nephew.

Bhatija.

fire.

reduced

It is all

Bhejer bhejer

]

Suddenly, unexpectedly excitedly in all directions, one this way and another that.

;

Bhatkec.

Cf. bhatic.

Bhatkoc.

Cf. bhatic.

Fat, corpulent, said of men.

Bhatkura. Bhatok.

Bhator

Cf. bhat.

Bhear.

A

BhafoKiii dukana.

A

Bhata.

Bhatau

I

Hindu

or

there, as a

A

Bhatha.

It* bhatha.

Bhatkec. Bhatkoc.J

[•

Bhatic

A washerman's boiler. A trench in the ground used

ram.

dereri.

Bhecla hako.

A

Bhede bhed.

Accurately, in detail. Question him in detail.

To talk to chatter, to prate.

for paura. (q. v.)

how

Bheja.

am horn metadiA tahekangea. Of course, ,

To

Bheja.

He sent me.

Additional assessment on rent.

Eaj bheja.

Bhejao.

Tribute.

To

send.

Bhejao go€kakome.

also there.

have put it right. bbatkoc ifi ilelletme tahekangea. of course, I did see you.

Tes

you

send.

Bhejakedi^ae.

;

Unrege bhatke'^em rorlekhan jutkeail honaii. Had you spoken then, of course, I should

are

?

wild plant. Hibiscus cancellatus, Roscoe., var. fiisiforinis, Willd.

stu-

;

random,

A

Bhedwa.

now

!

at

Cedakem bheder bhederoKkana P "Why chattering

sure,

species of fish.

Bheder bheder.

of certain fruits

to be

at your

Bhede bhed kuliem.

you did tell me. Durhalf bhatio ill idiletige. Dear mo of course, I did take it. He bh9.tke6 uniye metadiA tahekana. Yes of course, he did tell me. Bh9'tke6 ill hoii tahekangea. Of course, I was

Ho

the inter-

herb.

that I remember, pid of me.

I

tell

Keep up

"Ram's horn," a common annual. Cassia Tora, Linn., the leaves of which are eaten as a pot

go here and

as when cooking has to be done for a large number of people.

"j

A

Bhecla.

Bheda

dog in heat.

The kernel when half ripe. Bhati. A veiled name Bhatic. Of course,

not

work.

clad.

A

Bhati.

Do

pretation to him.

still, a boiler, a cojjper. Bhathi. Paura bhathi. A liquor still.

Jhuli bhathi. a fireplace

as a sheep.

Interpretation, meaning, occu-

Bhed alom bhahgaoaea.

kiln, a furnace. A brick kiln.

Dhobi bhathi.

exam-

as a goat or sheep.

Kami bhedre bare tahenme.

Naked, scantily

to

to

pation.

to beg. went a begging.

To go about,

bhg.

Bhed.

;

Bhatao. To fill up, to level up. Noa gada bhataome. Fill up this pit.

Bhatau.

To bleat, To bleat,

Bhebhao.

furnace, a kiln.

bliutua.

by comparison,

test

Pailale bheara tinaK sahopa. will test the measure to see how much it holds.

Bhg

beggar,

religious

To

of

We

to scatter, to collapse.

Mohammedan

made

ine.

Bhaskao. "1 To burst out, to burst open, Bhoskao. J to burst and the contents Bhat.

A

leaf cup, a cup leaves pinned together.

Bhautic.

Nature, custom, habit, dispos-

ition. .Tonom bhasite. By nature, naturally. Bh9.sige oukautaea. His nature is such.

huge wild boar with

Bhatua arak. A wild pot herb, Chenopodiuon album, Moq.

;

Bliasi.

A

sukri.

large tusks.

Bhejer bhejer.

Send them to me.

To

prattle, to prate, to

jabber, to chatter. Bhejer bhejerko galmaraokana. They are chattering.

— Bheli

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[

BheU. To cut off the head of a goat, used by children or when addressing children the cry of a goat whose neck has not been severed

Bhidi

]

To

Bherbherao.

j:uiatoti

whirl, to revolve.

Met' bherbherao acuroK lokalS ?.ik?.ueda. dizzy.

I feel

;

at the

blow.

first

BlioU bheljko maKkedea. off the head at one blow.

Bhek bhek.

To

Thoy

Kulai bheroaK rug.renae.

did not cut

Bherot.

gabble, to persist in speaking after being talk

Bhgrcak. \To flinch, to shy. Bhgrcok. j to jouk

To

bleat, as

a goat

To speak much and

loudly, to continue speaking loudly-

Bhekbhok. "ISaid of a drunken man Bhak bhok / who has lost control of his mental and bodily faculties.

A common hedge plant Jatropha curcus, Linn.

Bhernda.

petiole of a leaf. Goat's droppings.

Bhelaundi. Bhelguda.

A

To whirl round, to turn sharp round. Bherwan. To turn round, as a shuttlecock in falling to wheel round. ;

Bhes. Diku

Form, appearance. lekae bhesena.

Disguised himself as a

Hindu.

He came

Bill bheste heolenae.

form of

in the

a serpent.

Bhes

The

Bhekua.

fro-

when Bhertan.

hurt.

Bhek bhekao.

The hare doubled.

necked, stubborn,

ward, self-willed.

idly, to

told to be quiet.

Bhek bhek.

Stiff

Scottice,

To assume a form.

sap.

Bhesa

To mimic each other, one what the other does.

bhisi.

to do

game.

Bhelwa tap tup. "| A game played by Bhesao. To mock, to mimic, to follow suit. Bhelwa tup tup, J children. BheKsao enc'j, A dance in which the dancers mimic certain phases of Santal village life, Bhembha. M. \ Foolish, stupid, ignoas the bride going to her new home, &c., Ehembhi. F. ) rant. peculiarities in gait &c. of village celebrities, &-0., &c. whirl whizzing Bhen bhen. "i To Bhetro. Blunted, accustomed to, familiBhen bhenao. J round, to spin round arized with. with a noise, to be attacked by a

fit.

Bhage sombat artjom bhefroenae.

P?thri bhen bhenaokedeako, nuihor.

To mix,

Bherijan.

^

adulterate,

to

to

mingle. Harhaf

sisir

bhelljanakan dak rasa.

mingled with gall. Sunum dherko bheiljana.

Wine

Oil is oftenest adul-

terated.

Bhenta. A word, or phrase with a double hidden meaning.

A

vision, an apparition. Nel bheonaenad. I saw an apparition.

Bheona.

A

Bhidata. The Hindu deity providence. Bhidi. sheep, a ewe.

Bherbher.

To

whirl round, to revolve,

to rotate. Kuhbal oak bherbher acuroKa. The potter's wheel goes whirling round. Enaii khon bher bhere sioKkana, baskeaK ho He has been ploughing bape idiaekana. round and round since morning and you are not even taking him his breakfast.

for

Brahma,

A

A lamb. To keep secret, to keep own counsel, to spy, to pry

Bhidi hopon.

Bhidi.

visit

Mourning, lamentation.

A man accustomed to the

Bhetuak. An ornamental band the hair.

one's into,

to reconnoitre, to search for a clue, to act secretly. Bhidikate jahanaKe hataoa. He will buy something to enable him to spy.

;

Bhetra.

gospel

sight (of blood, &c.)

paid by women to a house where a member of the family has died a visit of condolence, an interview, a meeting.

Bhgt.

He is

hardened.

Nel bhetroakan hor.

Bhidia.

A

spy.

Bhidi achim. A common cold weather plant, Centijida orbicularis, Lour.

Bhidi janatet.

by '

this

Two

name

Mota bhi^i janatet. Nanha bhi^i janatet'. Jac.

plants are

known

:

JJrena sinuata, lAnn.

Triumfetta rhomboidea,

Bhiduk

62

[

A

Bhiduk.

To

steep, to saturate, to soak

impress, to operate, to affect. Otre mayam bhi^g-uena. The blood soaked into in, to

the ground.

Botor

A

beggar.

To be

Bhilki.

The sight frightened me.

The distance between two

Bhirka bhirkhi.

A

A

To

V I

Bhina bhini

separate, to disagree, .

to divide.

j

Bhinda. A lump, applied specially to the mass of iron taken from the smelting furnace.

To

fall

down, to knock down,

to collapse.

A

Bhindia.

bundle of any-

The finishing thatch put on Bhindia. the ridge of a roof

To

fall

to the ground, to

knock down.

To

separate, to be separated, to be scattered.

Bhingau.

Bhirkai bhirkai.

children's

A

game.

game played by

children.

To be

Bhirkau.

frightened, scared.

Bhirobhoro. To crack, to burst, to open under-baked, as an earthen vessel.

Suffering from indigestion, indigestion from

to suffer from over eating.

Nui hor jomte bhirsahaakanae.

Bhirsau.

To

from indigestion

suffer

from over eating. Jom bhirsauakanae.

faggot, a

thing.

Bhindran.

A

Bhirka enec.

Bhirsaha.

of anything.

Bhindar.

or ter-

rified.

;

A bale, a faggot, a mass, a lump

Bhind.

To be scared

a loath-

fur-

rows, about a cubit, in which sugarcane, and root crops are planted. Bhili gur. large lump of raw sugar. Bhim. cor. of beam.

Bhina.

Loathsome, disgusting.

Bhirik.

Sensible of A(Ji bhirik aik?.uKkana. some feeling. Bhirikge lieloKkana. It is disgusting.

startled, afraid.

Nel bhilkienari. Bhili.

close to, to press close,

to put close to. Paiirabako bhir?iu dareakkana. The bullocks cannot go close to edge. Lutire auriil bhiraua. I hare not yet put any thing to my lips, i. e. have not broken my fast.

Pear took hold of them.

bfiiiauatikoa.

Bhikhari.

To go

Bhirau.

spy, a pretender. Bhidukkateye heoena. He came as a spy.

Bhijau.

Bhitai

]

Slack, carelessly tied or

Bhiso bhoso. bound.

Okoe bhiso bhosoko bandiakalia? Who has bound up the b?indi (q. v.) so loosely ?

A mistake, an error, a fault, an

Bhisor.

omission of duty. Bhul bhisorte baA heclena. owing to a mistake.

A

Bhit.

I did not

come

wall, to build a wall. Erect a wall here.

Nonde bhitkam. pj,

?

.

°

[-To

•

break up, to cancel.

OntenaK katha bhiiigorena. The negotiations over there have come to an end.

A

Bhihgora.

deceiver.

Bhingrau. To pervert, to lead astray, to cause to err, cause to break up, as an assembly.

A

Bhir.

crowd, an assembly.

Bhirrege menaAa.

I

am engaged

The assembly has

dis-

persed.

To be

Bhir.

busy, fully occupied, with-

bhirakana, ohoA alijomletama. busy and so cannot listen to you.

He is hiding in the inner apartment. Bhitar bahar hor. Relatives (who have access to the inner apartment) and acquaintances (who have not.) ")

am very

Inside,

Bhitri. J

within, in doors, to be put inside, to

inside, to

include.

mone bor kanae.

Maran

He

is

bhitar gaijig. hor kanae. reserved person.

Noa do I

apartment of a

OraE bhitarteye bolo baeakana.

Bhitri

out leisure. 4-dili

The inner Santal house.

Bhitar.

Bhitar. along with

others.

Bhir bhaiigaoenako.

An outlying piece of cultivated high land.

Bhitha.

a reserved man. He is a very

This will be included. A person whose duties clude work within, and without doors. bhitriKa.

Bhitar bahar hor.

in-

;

Bhitara

63

[

Bliondra

]

Bhitara. To separate the threads of Bhog. The centre;, the middle. the warp when they iidhere toBhogteta-e ubpe. Empty it in the centre. gether on the peg while being Bhog. To enjoy, to feel pleasure, to stretched. bear, to suffer, to endure. Bhitkur. Nui hor do (Jher dine suk bhogkeda. This man Fat, corpulent, applied to has enjoyed life for many years. females.

Bhoga kaskom. '^^'^

}

Bhekua.'

P^*i°l^

The sound

BhobhS.

"^^

*

^^''^f-

of a trumpet or

like instrument, to

To be

Bhogao.

trumpet.

Bhobhoe raKeda.

Gossypium

neglect-

uvi, Tod., a cotton plant sively cultivated. corpulent,

exten-

fat,

un-

wieldy.

Bhocbhoc. To chatter, to prate, to jabber talkative, loquacious.

Bhogaoenae.

Bhogdo.

He has become

corpulent.

Fat, rich.

;

Bhocbhocao. To chatter, to prate, Bhogjii-a. A medicinal root sold in the bazars. to speak at random. Bhogot. A vegetarian, a man who asBhocbhocao. Liberally, plentifully. pires to sanctity after Hindu ideas, Bhoobhocaoe ema^lea. He gave us a large quantity. and denies himself flesh and fish. Bhoco. Stupid, foolish, ignorant. Bhoj. A feast, to give a feast. Bhoco mara

hor.

Bhocor bhocor.

A consummate fool. To gabble, to prate,

Bara dinreko bhojkeda to

talk nonsense, like a person drunk.

Bh5da. Fat, corpulent, unwieldy, large The Bow

Corrus

Levaillantii, Less.

A large paroquet.

Bhoda

The large

kisni. giosa.

starling,

Gracula

reli-

Bhodor. To fall into disrepair, to be abandoned, to be pulled down, to to be refuted, to be unsubstantiated, to

be rejected.

Ona oraK bhodorena.

That house is abandoned. Uni do rajkoe bhodoref koa, ar etakkoe rajet'koa. He deposes kings and raises others to thrones.

Bhodor

bhodor. Without meaning, continuously, without intermission.

Arisge bhodor bhodore rore€kana. by continually speaking.

He annoys

Worthy, virtuous, respec-

Bhodran. table.

Bhodran hor. A worthy, respectable man. Ehodranko. Worthy, respectable men.

Bhodro. Bhoe.

Respectable, worthy.

Bhojokoto.

Troublesome, difBcult. Bhojokcto barigire seteroUkana. He reached with the utmost difficulty. Gluttonous, gi-eedy, one much at a feast, (bhoj) belonging to Bhoj pur.

who Bholi.

Bhoelo.M. Bhuili. F.

To

bark, as a dog.

Cele Aelteye bhoKkeda? bark at ?

What

does be see to

Bhok bhok.

To gurgle. Bhokbhokao. To gurgle. Bhokrao. To low, to bellow. Bhokrao Jgukedae, mihu niharte.

deity in whose ) The Bhokta bonga. J honour the pata, or hook swinging festival is observed.

Bhokta.

Bhokto.

Cf To

bhogot.

Bh5nda. pollute ceremonially, to cause to be ceremonially unclean, to violate

;

unclean, polluted, defil-

ed.

"I

/

To be

afraid.

Cf bhoda. Bhondol. To labour running.

Slightly clad a girl not yet wear-

clothed, scantily

;

Loosely, loosely twisted. bhoeloakana. The twine is loosely

twisted.

heavily,

as

in

Bhondol bhondole dare^kana.

Bhondor.

Cf. bondor.

Bhondra.

To wear away and become

ing clothes. Baber

eats

Bhond, Fear.

Bhoe bnjhauKkana.

Bhoelo.

feast on

Bhojpuria.

Billed oorby,

Blioda rairu.

They had a

;

thickheaded, dull witted. Bhoija k9,hu.

.

Christmas day.

wide, as a bush on works.

which an axle

Bhoti

To

Bhon.

U4

[

explain, to decipher, to in-

terpret, to give the gist

of.

Interpret the meaning to me.

Bhed bhohalime.

To be

torn, as flesh by a thorn, a deep scratch or cut, to have the skin rubbed off.

Bhohgar.

Bhondor.l To scratch, to knock, or rub Bhender. j off the skin, to graze, to

wound.

slightly

Ton

Naaenalfem bhondorkedea. a little akin. Bajao bhonijorenaii.

just

knocked

o£f

rnbbed

have had a little skin by coming against something.

off

I

In comp.

Bhor.

much

as

full, all,

a far

as,

whole,

up

as.

"1

Jonom

bhor. ) Whole Ufe time. Tniidaii bhor. or. J ". Whole time of residence. Tahen bhor. w: _ :aK bh bhor. As long as he could remain. Tahen dareaK

Bhor. Bor.

Bljor saote bidalem.

Shame, the parts of the Bhorom. body which modesty requires to be concealed. Bhorom bhangaoentiria. I was put to shame. Ar one bhoromko dapal hatarkae kicrie or ocogona bodol matkom.-

,

Dak otkhon bhulkau todoKkana

about. Di

y

-A.

'

to

fault.

Bbuliri sapket'taea. I saw the mistake be made. Bhul ouk ikakatilime.

bhuci. Pride, obduracy, contumacy, dogged resolution, headstrong-

m io

Distress, sorrow, affliction.

A species of termite,

Adi bhulre menakkoa.

Bhuc

)

Bhuku.

earthquake.

Bhucer.j^^'^*^^^^-

Bhucer.

duk.

water in a spring.

;

Bhucar.

large stabbing knife.

bhugak.

Bhukur bhukur.

hiricena

Bhuc. 1 Stupid, ignorant, foolish stupidity, ignorance an ignoBhucun.J ramus, a fool. Maraii bhuc kanae. He is a great ignoramus.

Bhucampa.

Cf.

is falsified.

as water.

Koa toa bhubhau

A

Bhujali.

Bhuk.

.

Water

to

rises

up from the earth. Dali do adi at bhulkau rakapkan tahekana. hole,

an opening, a cave.

The water was

rising rapidly,

f

Bhaora bhugaK.

A -window opening,

an open-

ing to admit light.

Bhuger.

Plump,

fat, large.

Gidra toa riuliute bhugerakanae. The child has grown plump through drinking milk. Lum^mko bhugerakana. Said of tassar silk worms when -they have passed their fourth moult, and

grow

rapidly.

Bhumbri.

Small pimples. The rash

Balbal bhumbri.

Bhumbuk.

To

issue,

of prickly heat.

as

water in a

to bubble up, as watei-. DaK bhumbukoKkana. Water springs up. dhabid bhumbukok dak reah mit; jiwei; Jaejug tec jharna. A well of water springing up

fountain

;

unto eternal

life.

Bhumcampa

An

Bhumcampa. Bhumi.

66

[

earthquake.

Bhiiriic.

Bhunda.

Bhunda

A

sj)inning top.

The

flesh

lying

A

Bhundi kolma.

J

waist, said of men. Pgihil palii t ^.uriye bhiiriid gidi khongeko or Before he divests himself of the bhiiriijea.

along

both sides of the back bone.

garment, they try to pull

first'

The bandicoot

Bhus.

it off

him.

Mus Mala-

rat,

Mus

Shaw,

baricus,

variety of the rice

giganteus,

Lin.

plant.

A lazy, good

Bhundin.

for nothing, fat

young woman.

A

Bhungar.

piece, a piece^ cut off. Mif bhuhgg-r kat ema^me. Give me a piece of wood.

To cut through,

Bhungrau.

as a piece

wood with an axe. Bhurijau. To live, to spend time, of

Pher dinbin bhuAiauaka^a.

iThey have lived a

long time.

always together, or will they separate

P

Amda saset otreii bhuiijanetkan do. Bhurak. To fill in, to dip a vessel in water to fill it. Bhurak odokkedako. Kandage bail bhuragoKkan.

To bubble

")

/

Bhus marte of^okenae. He darted out, Bhusuh marte tarupe toi goflena, gajar khon. The leopard rushed out of the thicket.

Bhusa.

Chaff.

Bhuska.

A species of termite, or white-

to

Nukin bahu jawae tirejngekin bhulijaua, sekin bapagoka p Will this bride and bridegroom

Bhurbhurau. Bhurbhurau.

Suddenly, unexpectedly. Bhusun }

ant.

endure, enjoy.

suffer,

live

from

off clothes

strip

the waist, to divest oneself of clothes fastened from the

Fat, large, corpulent. jel.

To

")

Bhuru6.

Land.

Bhuricampa.

Bhutia

]

Bhuska. M. ) Greedy, always thinking Bhuski. F. J of his or her belly.

Bhusku. To

stir up, to disturb, to shake up, as grain on a threshing floor. Bhuskulekhanem gegergeae. If you disturb it will bite.

it

A

Bhusndi.

when

small fly ;. applied to girls scolding, or finding fault.

when

Bhusri. Applied to girls ;

bubbles to the surface

Nui bhSsri do nondege aour baraekanae, kamite

bae calaka.

Bae daka hoda nui bhusri

of water.

scolding.

Cf bhusndi.

to rise, as

do.

C£ bhus.

rain sparks, as from certain kinds of fire works, or when a blacksmith draws red hot iron

Bhusun.

from the

Bhutaha. Haunted, occupied by, or the residence of, a bhut. (q. v.) Noa do bhutaha dare kana, alope maga. This

To

Bhurbhuri.

fire.

To take off clothes that are fastened round the waist, said of wo-

Bhuri.

men Bhurka.

Bhut

Venus, as the morning

it

star,

Sukar. Venus as the evening star.

To

Bhurkak.

worms

raise up earth, as earthor beetles do.

Otko bhurkaga, lended

do.

demon, a ghost, a goblin. One possessed.

oapario.

tree

to untwist, to uncoil.

;

A

Bhut.

is

the residence of a bhut, do not cut

down.

Bhutau. To be angry, beside with anger. Bhutel.

Fat, corpulent. He has become

Bhu^elakanae.

T ., ^^"^^

Bhutel.

onself,

fat.

,

1 T demon, demoniac. Socket in which a native door Bh ter (siljjin, q. v.) works in opening and Nu bhutelakanae, sen ocoaepe.

Bhurni.

'=''

(

shutting. Bhurni khunti. Post on which door swings.

Bhurti.

To

Bhurti.

Whole.

Bhurti gada is filled

up, to be satisfied.

fill

dalf

calaKkana,

with water.

The whole

Bhutela.

Cf bhutaha.

Bhutela.

Rich, wealthy.

A.^i

bhutela hor kanae.

He

is

Bhuter.

To

Bhutia.

Fat, big bellied.

excess, over

river

a very rich man.

much.

Bhutka

i

Bhutka. \Small of stature, Bhutki.

stunted,

dwarfish.

J

Bidia

]

Bickom.

Rather, but, but rather. Marsal Ichon bickom riutko dul^rkeda. Loved darkness rather than

Dumpj'.

Bhutra.

67

Bhutua bhutuu. Empty-handed, naked.

sprain, as an ankle. Jaiigae bicl^uakana. His foot is sprained.

To

Bida.

j-To be satisfied, to be satiated.

T>-'i>

Bae bilena. He was not satisfied. Jombi enae. He is satisfied. Jom bi ocokedea A. I gave him sufficient to eat. Inalite do bae bilfa. That will not be sufficient

1 Birth, act of parturition, to Bihar J be delivered of young, of brute animals only productive.

to

t(j

or

say,

adieu, to bid fiirewell. Dismiss Bhor saote bidalem.

debid

with a

us

blessing.

Generation, time.

Pilatus

The contemporaries

bid^lrenko.

of

Pilate.

Noako jotoge noa

bidgilren horkore paraoKa. All these things shall come upon this generation.

;

gai kanae ? How many times has the cow calved ? gai. bihar Bar A cow that has calved twice. Horo bail bigmlena, nes. The rice was not productive this year.

Tin^K

give one permission

part, to dismiss,

Bidal.

for him.

Bian.

light.

To

Biclau.

bi9.n

Bibad. Enmity, ill will, dispute to wrangle, to quarrel, to litigate, ;

to dispute. Nukin dokin bibadgea.

To

"I

Bidraha

disgrace,

to

outrage

bilt{J?uifi calaRkana. Soetan then biqlauK l^gii.

A Mem

Bibi era.

by children

Cf

R^dli^

A

plant, hills,

A ring worn on the second by women.

Attached to the ring is a small hollow ball of bell metal with two or three small pieces of the same metal inside, which rattle as the wearer walks.

Bidhaura.

recognize, to distinguish,

to discern. Bichnau bichnauteli lielkeda. Jemon boge bariciii bichn?ia dareaK. I may distinguish good and evil. Bichri.

So that

Bird-limed twigs.

To split, to separate, split into pieces, like straws. JonoK lagi^ ma£ko bichrieda. They split bam-

Bichri.

To

sprain.

forest

climbing

Fate.

To

pede, to

coii.

delay, to hinder, to imput an obstacle in the

way. Alom bidhauraiia.

Do

not hinder me. _

gidr?. i9.tebaii k9.mi dareattkana, biijhaurg.enad. I can get no work done on account hindered. of this child, I

am Bidhua. \Born out of wedlock, abastard. Bidhwa.J You gave Nui gidr?' bidhu9.tem janamkedea. birth to this child out of wedlock.

Bidia.

To turn a

boos to make brooms.

Bickau.

large

common on the Rajmahal Entada scandens, Benth.

UniaJf bidhanta oe{ lekatae

Nui

un-

women.

[Custom, usage, manner, mode.

Bidhanta.

A

To

corpulent,

Fat, wieldy, applied to

Bidhanta. Bidhon.

Bichnau.

bidas.

Bidgoe bodgoe.

judge. Bic^irkatalem. Judge between na.

toe

of

Foreign, belonging to another country, or district, a foreigner.

saheb.

To judge, to consider, to reflect, to comtemplate, to deliberate, to ponder, to devote the mind, thoug hts, or attention to.

Bichia.

go to prove them.

To be tempted

Bidesia.

Bicar.

BiKc?.rid.

I

the devil.

living that frightens

or hurts, said to and only. Onte alom calaKa bibi menaea.

a strayed cow.

is

to prove.

Bides.

Anything

She

kanae.

Onko

one's modesty. Bibi.

gg-i

Foreign, belonging to another 'I Bides. J country, or district. Bidau. To test, to tempt, to examine, Bidas.

These two are at vari-

ance with each other.

Bibhorom.

Bidaraha. Wandered, strayed, lost, as Bidraha. J a sheep from the flock.

life}

somersault.

'^-»>'«"5«-

Bidia

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[

\Hindrance, adverse influBidia. Bed bidiaj ence of a supernatural order. Bidic bidic. To ferment, to rise in bubbles, as anything fermenting, to keep moving, as a mass of maggots. Scottice, hotching. Tejo betag.ricko

stint,

tions,

all

Bihri.

scattered in all direcat once, without inter-

marteko barlsao

They

got'ena.

all hat-

ched at one time. Gele bidlaiena. Burst into ear at the same time. Onte note up do bidlai bidlaioKkantakoa. Their hair

is all flying loose.

Instantaneously,

Bidnalc.

all at

once,

with a jerk. BidnaK menteye stand

teiigo goiena.

still all

He came

to a

at once.

To cause suffering Bidot. to suiifer, suffering. Alan dolah bidotena, bill i?.te.

or shame,

We

suffer

through the serpent.

Bidra

bidri.

Not

")

to come together as husband and wife, the

/

Bidrau.

husband not

to

bring

home

his

bidri.

Streaming gaily along.

Bit^lra bidri i^eJ^el tan(^ilco

calaUkana.

They stream gaiyly along on their way to the fair

To be

Bidrau.

frightened, to be start-

led, scared. Cele lielte con gaiko bidranenaP What has. frightened the cows? Campa gar khon Madho Siile bi Akat bir. J

primeval forest.

Afut

Large, dense forest.

Wild animals. frightened, to be worried to harass. Bougae birajketkoa, dgirkedako. The bohga frightened them and they fled.

Bir janwar.

Biraj.

To be

;

Bir alpalua. The wild form oiJPhaseolus aconitifolius, Jacq. Cf alpalua.

Birampat. ") Birampat. J

To keep one

looldng back as to flee

flees,

away

at

full speed. Birampa,te dgirkeda. He fled looking back every now and again as he ran.

Foreign, country.

Biran. ~) Birana. J

distant

Biran ren hof doe bah kana.

He

place

or

is

not a stran-

He belongs

to a distant

ger.

place.

To

sulk, to

be discontented,

Birasaliakanae teheA do.

He is sulking to-day.

Bu'asali.

A

Birbanta.

The "uncrowned

the Pargana

king,"

(q. v.)

This is an allusion to an ancient custom which once existed in Chutia Nagpur and adioiniug districts. The king acknowledged the accession of a feudatory prince by put-

giant, a

mighty man of

valour.

A

Birbao. hurricane, a cyclone hurricane.

;

Like a

Birbao hore hoeena. He is a hurricane-like man. (The idea prevalent is that persons exceptionally strong in body or mind first saw the light during a hurricane, and so named hurricane men.)

are

The

Birbhui.

ing

district of

syllable

first

bir,

Birbhum, the mean-

Santali,

and the second bhui, and meaning land, i. e.

forest,

Sanscrit,

tion.

Bintika

1

Bir pakar.

peevish.

Binhakte dg-brikediAae.

Bini.

Bir.

Birana ren hor kanae. is

distress,

suffering.

J

Ur^ bi^: 1 ^^''^^'

A

Bindi.

Bipod. \ Misfortune, trouble,

" forest land".

Bir but.

A plant common in the jungles,

Flemingia congesta, Linn. The name wild gram' is given because the fruit, which is also eaten, resembles that of the cultivated hut or gram. '

Bir disom

71

[

The forest name given by the

country. The Santals to the country lying between the Ganges and the Adjoe River. Cf. birbhiii.

Bir disom.

Bir ghangra. A common jungle plant, a broad leaved form of Vigna vexillata, Benth. Birhau. To take root, to begin to grow, as a plant that has been transplanted to settle down. ;

Cef lekam liel 9.gukeda, birh^iuakana se ban He, birhgiuakaiia. How did you find it ? has

begun

to

grow? Yes,

it is

p

it

growing.

Birhi-angur. C£ angur birhi. Bir hor. " Jungle man." A small Dravidian tribe, mainly located in Chutia Nagpur, who live in the jungles, and eke out a scanty subsistence by hunting and selling jungle produce, especially the bark of Bauhinia Vahlii, which they

make Bii-

into ropes, sikuars (q.

v.),

&c.

A common jungle plant, Atylosia scarabcedois, Benth.

horec.

A fetter

Biri.

to fetter. Manaolea and fetters. A fettered person, a prisoner.

Hgiri biri. Biri hor.

;

^

To

Birij birij.

harass, to worry.

He ocoaekana. harassed him, would not leave him alone.

Birij

birijkedeae, bae thir

Birid.

"

Bearing,"

unstamped, as a

Bir sim

]

To be frightened, scared night-

Birki.

;

mare.

drographis echioides, Nees. Birla.

")

Birla

birli.

Baje

birlgi.

Watery substance oozing from a mass to run as a sore. ;

Biriil biriri daHtef hiiijif gidime. Birid birili daka. Boiled rioe from

which wa-

ter oozes out.

\To continue weeping Burun burun./ and sobbing for a long

Birid birid.

time the eyes to ;

Birili birixie

Birit.

fill

with

tears.

raKeda.

Trade, calling, profession.

A common wild plant, Birjhunka. Crotalaria ealycina, Shrank. A common plant durBir kana arak. ing the rains, Comvielyna salicifolia,

Linn.

frightened, to be startled, to be scared. Bliirkau.J Kul reaU raK aAjomte g9.iko birkauena. The cows were frightened by hearing the tiger

Birkau.

\To be

Some, here and

J

. .

there,

some

.other.

Here and

there.

Birla birli sawaekedae, birlg. birli do ban, In some places there is a good crop and not in others. ") To keep a sharp look Birlan birlid. J out on all sides, to be on the alert against enemies from any quarter, to prick up the ears, to smell danger. Birlan birlilikobeiigeda, jel do. The deer keep

Birlan.

a sharp look out on

all

sides.

Sadom birl?ih birliilolfkanae, botoroK leka. The horse pricks up his ears as if be were afraid.

A

wild pot herb, VerBir lopon araH. nonia cinerea, Less.

Bir malhan. A climbing plant found in the jungles, Atyllosia mollis,Bth. Wild, undomesticated

Bimaha.

;

of

solitary habits, strange.

A

common wayside plant, Bir narcha. Cor chorus, nov. sp. Birnju.lA small forest retusa. Bunju.J

tree,

Bauhinia

Out of temper, sulky. Bii-od. Birodakanae. He is sulking.

letter.

Birid birid.

A common wild plant, An-

Bir kubet.

Angry, at variance.

Birodhi. Birot.

At

variance, at enmity with each

other. Birotiakanakin. other.

are at variance with each

Cf bir. common

Birpakar. Birsan. lus

They

A

mungo,

wild plant, PJtaseovar. radiatus, Linn.

Sida carpinifolia, a Bir miru baha. common wild plant which yields a good fibre. Birsaha. "| Suffering from indigestion or overeating. Bhirsaha. J suffer from indigestion ")To Birsau. or over eating.

Bhirsau. J

Bir sauraj

.

A j ungle plant.

The jungle Bir sim. ferrugine^is.

fowl,

Gallus

Bii'sindic

A

Birsindic.

species

[

72

monkey, or

of

baboon.

The wild pig, Sus indicus. Bir suraj mukhi. The wild sun flower, lonidium suffruticosmn, Ging. Bir sukri.

Bir surgn^aALaggera flava, Benth., a Bir turi. j plant with yellow flowers common during the cold season. Tidings, rumour, intelligence, Birtant. explanation.

Birud. Opposition, contrariety

Am birudre. Birturi. air

;

Bisphor 1 Eczema, Bisphotka. J

In opposition to

;

against,

tliee.

To wriggle when moving to move ;

as a snake

To

To

Bid.

with

fled

A sure

seers weight. easily

A poisoned arrow. Bisbakhan. To abuse, to vilify,

Bit'

Biabakbane egerkediAa.

Bisbiawaaiii dalea.

without doubt, Come without fail.

I shall certainly beat him.

>- More, to increase. Besi. j Khajna bisiakana. The rent is increased. Bisi emoK hoyoktama. You must give more. •

The

Bisi muti. Bisi sutuc.

spine, the

back bone.

Bisic sutuc J

Carefully, diligently, un-

remittingly

Bisic sutuoiil liam barakeda. fully for it.

Bisoe.

the distance between

thumb and little when stretched out to mea;

by spanning. it

by spanning.

Looking round about, swingas a

person in high

bikoo oet bail daU lom botedkemae.

calakkan ruho£

To limp by walking on the toes with the knee joint flex-

diiruc.

ed. Bi6 diiruoe tarametkana.

I

sought care-

Regarding, concerning.

A

Bisor. mistake Bhul bisor. Mistakes,

Bitha.

Bithak.

errors, faiilts.

High cultivated land. As soon as, whenever.

Heo bithakge dakae jomkeda.

He

took his

food as soon as be arrived.

soon k f-^s

B'tl

as, immediately after.

Heo bithakge dakae jomkeda. Uni do

Diligently. ")

;

of the

fail.

Bisbiswas bare hiinlime.

Bisi Jan.

span

The hare

glee.

Biii

words."

I believe.

ears raised.

Measure

bikoc.

to say

of things against one in his hearing, literally, " poisonous

Certainly,

Now

ing arms,

all sorts

did

To pass, to elapse, as time. Bitau. Mi€ hapta bitauena. A week has passed. Bil}

Poisoned, as an arrow.

its

tijDs

finger

;

He

plant, to fix upright in the

Lutur bit'. To listen attentively. Lutur bitkateye darkeda, kul^ii do.

Bisg-l apayi.

T,

not waste the

ground, to set in a hole, to cock the ears.

Bitaime.

without

Do

Faith, belief.

Biswas.

Poisonous.

Bisbiswas.

gidia.

food.

Bita.

Poisonous, as a snake Bisaha. angered. Bisal.

waste, to destroy, to spend,

to harm. Daka alom bistur

the

Twenty

people have

Theyate a large quantity.

Bistorko jomkeda.

Bistur.

Poison.

V

Many

Bister horko jaoraakana. assembled.

as a snake.

Biryoii boryoiie calalikana.

-p,-

Many, much.

Bistor.

NitiA biswgisena.

Heels uppermost, feet in the head down.

Biryon boryon.

Bisan.

Easily angered, short tem-

Eispitaha. pered.

BirtuA birtuAko unumoKlcana. Tliey are diying in the water heels in tbe air.

Bis.

boils.

Nia khon do cet ho bae bisturkeda. no more harm than this.

Cf. biiit.

Birti.

Bithi

]

Bithi.

tuii bithg-g gockoae.

Forced labour.

Bithiko senakana, raj orakte. They have gone to do forced labour at the raja's house.

Bithiahi.

Like

forced

labour,

half

heartedly. Bithiahipe k^imikana, an lagaokate kamipe. Tou are working as if you were forced to it, put some vigour into your work.

Biti

Dau gliter, an

Biti.

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[

affectionate form

of address to young

May

A good milking buffalo

bitkU.

A

Bod.

cow.

large snaku so called.

Bitla bitli. To be impatient, to fret. Nukin do bankin biti?. bitUKkaua. These two are not impatient.

To

")

out-caste, out-casted, os-

Bitol. tracised. J Bitolkedeako. They out-casted him. Onkan hof jiwei janam l9.grit'le bit;l?.hakoa. out-caste such people for life.

Bitol.

A

bin.

impatient, to chafe, as

Bode.

brown rock snake.

A garden crop, a variety

Vigna catiang, Endl. Muddy, thick, turbid, dirty.

Bo(Je dalf alom

Do

Jluia.

not drink rapddy

water.

Cf. bitlijha.

Murmu

Boda jel. A stag. Boda merom. A he-goat.

Boda

bitl?.ulfkana, oalaKgeale.

Murmu.

Bitol

evil.

Ho is a very bad man. Boda. A ram, the male of certain graminivorous animals, as goats, deer &c.

of

To be bam

Bad,

Maraii bod hor kanao.

We Boda ghangra.

at delay. Tin^iR

A

year. Boohorke bochor. Annually, yearly.

female buffalo.

Bitkil dh5nd,

Bitlaii.

medicinal root sold in the baz-

ars.

Bochor.

A

Bitlaha.

A

Boc.

women and

girls.

Bitkil.

Bodnam

]

^

An inferior kind

Bodea sodea.

A

sub division of the tribe or sept of the San-

tals.

di (q. V.) Cf.

of han-

bodoc mela.

Bodgak bodgak.

Deep, as a blow with a hoe in earth, or with an axe in wood.

Separate, distinct, belonging to different castes, or loca-

BodgaK bodgalf hasae u^kgiu idikeda, kul do. The tiger made deep holes in the earth

lities.

Bodgalc bodgak

Bitoti biton.

(with his feet).

Bitoh bitoh horko

many Biuri.

People from different localities were assembled. jarwalena.

Cf. bihri.

Boyol boyol. J B^bukko do

tall,

sweeping, with

grand display.

biyol boyolko dhutiKa. fine flowing dhutis.

The ba-

boos wear

Gidr^ko khub boyol boyolko hara got'ena. children have grown tali.

A

Boak.

huge big healed

tomcat

;

broad

BoaK

A

A

species of

He

fat,

plump woman.

Bodgoe mara budhiye arisetbona.

This fat old

wife annoys us.

Bodh.

An

Bodh Bodh

johpe.

inoculator, or \-accinator. Send for a vaccinator. Inoculation mark.

%i]i^.

To soothe, pacify. Bodhao otokaea mentell sen liogoKa.

Bodhao.

tiger or

full faced.

aisane lieloKkana. big headed tomcat.

Boar.

The

Cut deeply.

se.

jomet' do. He thrusts big handfuls of food into his mouth.

Bodgoe.

Biyol boyol. \Long,

magme

BodgaK bodgaUe

go for a

Bod

looks like a huge

little

A

khasi.

to soothe

goat

I shall

it.

not effectually

castrated.

Bodla.\To change, to exchange, to substitute, to recompense Bodol.J instead of, in exchange, in room and

fish.

;

p

-

j-

Varieties of the rice plant.

stead.

Boas.

The

wild

cry of a cei-tain species of

cat.

Boas runda. cry

Bobe. Boc.

is "

The

large wild cat whose

boas boas."

To stutter, to stammer. To take off garment, or shoes

draw, from sheath, as a sword unsheath, to extract, as teeth pull

;

to

;

to

;

to

to slip off. Hako kanari iate bahko bojoKa. The fish do not slip off owing to the barb on the hook. off,

10

Instead of him. Bodla/i halaea. I will be revenged. Met' bodol me(;. An eye for an eye. XTni bodolte.

Bodla budli.

In turns. Bodla budlilah kamia. We

Bodlar nari.

")

Bod

J

nari.

Bodmas. Bodnam.

name

A

A

ber, Vitis

rascal,

To

will

work by turns.

common jungle

clira-

adnata, Roxb.

a scoundrel.

disgrace, to give a bad-

to.

Nui hor do adiye bodnamketlea. This man brought great disgrace upon us.

Bodo

Bodo,

StujDid,

74

[

and unable

to

speak

distinctly.

Bodo mara

hor.

To

Bodoc.

Bohon

]

Bogeteye dakkeda. Bogeteye jomkeda.

It

poured a deluge. ate an immense quan-

He

tity.

A stuttering,

rinse

out,

stammering fool.

to squeeze

or

wring out.

Bogeteye raKkeda. Bogeteye laiigaena. Bogeteye kamikana.

Bogoc.

Liquor obtained by pouring water on the malted grain and squeezing it. It is of infe-

Bodoc handi.

rior quality.

To make a

to slit. Bandiko bogoja.

Bogot.

Boha

He wept bitterly. He was tired out. He works very hard. hole

in,

open,

to

They open the bandi

(q. v.)

Cf. bhogot.

A

casa.

non-resident cultivator.

Halboha. A ploughman. Bodoc mela. ~) The liquor obtained by squeezing the malted Bohal. 1st Class rice land in which Bodoc sodoc. J grain, and being refuse is of an there is always a sufficiency of

inferior quality.

Bodol.

moisture.

Bohao.

Cf. bodla.

Bodor bodor.

Muddy,

dirty, as water. do. The water

Bodor bodor AeloUkana, daK

Old, and careless in attire.

Stuttering, stammering. Nui bodro mara hor oka ho ban bujhauEtaea.

Bodro. Boe.

Hoe bohaolfkana, oka

Bohao.

lagiiJem calakkana? Fie, you huzzy, what are you going tor ? Boe is also employed in addressing the village priest at a certain stage of the ceremonies

(Jaherthan,

Boeha.

q. v.)

Brother, or boehaRape?

Tinalf

sister,

near relative.

How many

you ? Brothers and

brothers and

sisters are there of

Boeha misera.

Long,

Boela.

Boela

cgrS.

way

Very

camacako.

long, as a long rail-

A

Good, well to do well.

Boge.

;

to heal, to

do good,

Boge juda. News, health and

condition.

All tho NotenaK sanam boge juda besgoa. news of this place is good. Boge .itida reaKfco kupulia. They will ask each other regarding their health and condition.

A

word possessing intensifyBogete. ing force. Bogeteye darkeda.

He

ran like tho wind.

on the shoulder

;

to

clothes in water, to to rinse.

swill

off,

bohoeme.

Rinse this cloth.

Head. have a

I

splitting headache.

To accuse, to lay blame on, throw responsibility upon.

BohogeaA. I will accuse him. Boehako ren boKhoRid. The accuser

of the

brethren.

Larhaire ho

ill

ge& bohoRena. The responsibwas also laid on me.

ility of fighting

Boh5k.

Portrait, shape, representation, "dim outline.

Nui do okoe bohoke lieloRkana ? Whose portrait is this Mii;

Joto lekan rog bighine bogekettakoa. He healed all kinds of diseases among them.

curry

khon? From what

?

Tinak bohoR menaKkotapea, kada bitkilp How many head have you counting buffaloes and buffalo cows ? BohoR bohoR ren kora kuri. Boys and girla of the same family stock.

train, or a peacock's tail.

large stabbing knife, a shikari knife.

Bogda.

seo

Bohok paragoR leka hasoedidkana.

tall.

Cf.

to blow, as

Running water.

To

kicric

to

The Hornbill.

BoSto boyol.

Noa

Bohok.

Bohok.

sisters.

;

Flowing.

wash

cet

observed during the Baha porob (q. v.), as he is supposed to be possessed by Jaher era, the Goddess of the Sarjom grove.

To

dak.

Bohoe.

fault finding.

away

carry. Pakwalla cithiye bohaoeda.

Used in addressing girls and Bohi. Bohi young women when scolding, or

China boe,

floated

to run, as the king's writ.

;

point blows the wind

looks dirty.

Bodre.

To be

wind

?

bohok geldn

JieloRa.

They look very much

alike.

Bohol bohol. In ever widening circles, as caused by a stone thrown into water. B?ibaite bohol bohol oalaoena. It moved away slowly in ever widening circles.

Bohon. Broken in, accustomed ured to work, second hand. Nui hor kg,mire bae bohonakana. not accustomed to work.

to, in-

This

man

is

.

Ijohor boh(

7r,

[

Bol

]

Bohor bohor. Rippling sound of water. Bokobhbnd. To disgrace, DaR bohor bohor sa(}okana. tumely upon. Bokobhou(J cabakefleae. He Bohor bohor. Muddy, thick, as water.

has completely

disgraced us.

Darha

realf dalf leo(Jate

water in the pool been stirred up.

is

bohor bohorena. The muddy through having

Bohor bohor.] Lohor bohor. Sticky, mixed Leher bohor. soft mass. Leper leper, j

into

I

a

j

Leber bohor losot'akana. Leper lepere daK m?n(Jia.

She

the rice

boils

thorny

small

Randia dumetoruvi, Lamk.

tree,

Boi bindi

A

jel.

To gun or

load,

kuri.

baha. Persian

load or

Brothers, elder younger.

charge a

and

or sister.

An ornamental tree, the Melia Azadarach,

lilac,

Linn.

BokoA

to

J

Thy younger brother Thy younger sister.

kora.

My younger

Bokoii kora.

hole for blasting. Banduk Jbojao dohokam. Load the gun

kuri.

A

Bokos.

brother or sister

My younger brother. My younger sister.

witch.

Daingeam, bokosgeam.

You

are a witch, and a

witch. to be

ready.

Bojge.

Bokom Bokom

Bokon.

mythical deer.

Load, burden.

Bojao.

")

Bokol bokol. Muddy, dirty, bad as stagnant water in the hot weather.

Bokom

A common

Boi bindi.

Boko boeha. Boko bokoeha.

Bokom. Thy younger brother

into a sticky mass.

Boj.

to bring con-

Slovenly in dress, shameless

Bokot.

~|

His

younger brother or

Bokottell. J sister. Bokot kora His younger brother. Bokot kuri. His younger sister. .

in attire.

Bokot bokot. To chatter, to jabber, always speakingj to scold.

Bojha.}^^"^^^"'^^"^^Hamal bojhako toleda,

ar horko realf tarenreko lay

They bind heavy burdens and them on men's shoulders. ladea.

To

Bojhao. Bojra.

M.

Bujri. F.

load, to pile up, to

put

in.

Carelessly dressed, cloth round waist too low down,

'I

J

slovenly. BDJrae dhutiakana. Bujriye bandeakana.

B6k.

pedicle of the the tassar silk worm.

cocoon of

Mandoli bokaKme.

Foolish, stupid, ignorant, raw. Unsophisticated Santals.

A

Bokak. split

tadle

into

made

two up

of a

Bokboko.

the

middle

To

jabber, to talk nonsense, to prate, to rave.

To

stretch, as twine

from a

ched out the thread.

Boko.

is

chattering.

of the consistence of paste externally to the body.

To

Bokro.

tickle.

I am very tickly. Gutlukedeali, acjiyo bokroena.

A.A\A bokroKgoa.

Short weight, short measure,

mean, hard, stingy, scanty. Bokrogeye emoEkana. He is giving short meaBokroge lleloKkana. It looks scanty. Thorageye emadiila, bokroKkanae. He gave me a very little, he is becoming stingy. Bokroge bujh^ukkana. It seems short measure.

A

warlock. Nui do boksa kanae. He

is

a warlock.

Boktaok. To chatter, to say off a rigmarole of prayers, to speak a great deal. Koejonre do alope boktaoKa, bedin horko leko Do not say off a rigmarole of prayers like the heathen.

ball.

Or bokboko kedae sutam do. He pulled and stret-

Bokhar.

/

pumkin Boksa.

lengthwise.

Bokao. ) Bakao. J

Bokran.

He

To apply medicine

sure.

Lnmam reaK bok.

Saotar.

")

Bokro.

The

Boka. Boka

Boko£ bokodoKkanae.

Bokram.

A The

sheath, of sword, &c. lungs.

To enter, to go in. Bolo. } OraKte bolme. Enter the house. OraSte alom boloKa. Do not enter the house. Bahue

bolatlea.

Eol

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[

Strength, might.

Bol.

To stir up, to interfere with, to train animals or birds. XJni bid alom bolaoea. Do not stir up the

Bolao.

snate. bolao dahra kanae. ed ox.

So they

Bole.

Ale do bolels

He

Bahma boleko

D xSolhat. 11

say, people say.

•

.

call, ,.

>-

mouth open a

the

A

Bonbayar.

At

Bonbon.

species of waterfowl.

length, extended to

full

length

full

little.

long.

;

BoAboii gitioakanae. He lies at full length. BoAboA tieakanae, bid do. .J'he snake is extended to its full length. Bo/iboli katiA makakafa. 1 have cut a long piece of wood.

Bond. To shut up, to incarcerate, to be stopped, to be closed, to cease.

?

gocakana. •, n a summons, an mvita-

A

I

.,

a well train-

calalfa.

Cefjko lagit bolepe heoakana liuaKkante bole senakanae.

Bolahat."!

is

barclii

Small mouthed, keeping

Bomboryot.

Bolaeme. Help him, encourage him. Bol bali riameda. I am not regaining strength.

Khub

Bonga

]

Bulahat.J Bolahat hoeakanti/ia, cei ISj^it con. been called, but why I can't say

I

have

Ghari bondena.

Tfc o

Sahet' bondolca.

The breath

Bondhekte. Bondhete.

) ti

clock has stopped. will cease. jy

^.-i

craft, craftily.

j 1^7

Bondheteye erekediAa khabher baA ba(JaelaKa.

Bolgaria.'l Strong,

Bondis.

Cf

Bolgor.

Bondo.

Foolish, stupid, naked.

well grown, well developed, strong and heal-

y

Bolgoria.J thy, fertile, as Bese

He

bolgarig. kana.

Cf

Bolhat.

is

bolahat. dialect.

.

regulated, (or he

Bolman.

Strong, well developed, well grown, strcjng and vigorous, strong and healthy, fertile, as soil. Bolman hasa. Fertile soil. Bolman gidra. A strong healthy child. dareakana.

creed.

Mr bolok bapla. A form of marriage.

Cf.

liir

bolok.

spear.

A

Bora.

Carriage shafts.

for fireworks.

A

clue, part or whole of stolen property. Bomal odokena. Part (or whole) of the stolen property has been found.

Bombo.

Stupid, ignorant, unsophisti-

off.)

To be peeled

or rubbed as the upper cuticle. Harta bonijorakana. The skin has been rubbed off,

")

off,

J

(but no blood came.) 1

Every where,

all

round,

tikur. / bon-|-badra(q. v.) Ale see ot* bone badare omonakana. Our way mushrooms are springing up everywhere. Bone badare dakkedae. It rained all over.

Bonbon.

Cf banban.

Bonga. The name given by Santals to the spirits whom they worship, a demon to sacrifice to a " bonga." Boiiga capar. Possessed with a demon. Boiigako deoakawalikoa. They are inspired by * "boiigas." Simko boiigakedea. They sacrificed a fowl.

Bonga buruKkanae.

A wife.

Orakbotiga.

Oral? bonga menaetaea, se baiiaP Is he married SiA bonga. The sun. [or not ?

Bonga.

A

lunar month, a month.

Bhador bonga.

cated.

Bombo

Applied contemptuously to Saotar. Santals by their Hindu neighbours.

Bombon.

well

;

Bom.

bomb, used

is

Arrangements have been

Tandi

in.

We

Bomal.

Bondor. Bhondor.

Bone badare

They keep within the house. Dhasao boloena. It fell inwards. will fill iip vacancies. Eohoe boloaUabo. Aboal? horteko boloKa. They will adopt our

A

Bondobostoakana. made.

It is a strong vigor-

rous tree.

To enter, to go Bolo. OraKreko bolo baekoKa.

affairs,

organization. Uni hor reak oraK duar bes bondobos calakkantaea That man' s household affairs are well

sacrifice, an offering. Bolidanko carhaoa. They offer sacrifices.

Bolom.

;

settlement of land,

lease, or

A

Khub bolman

\ To organize, to regulate, / to arrange, to settle a

Bondobos. Bondobosto.

Soil.

a strong man.

Language, speech,

Boli.

Bolidan.

bundis.

To go about from house

to

house, as a dog in search of food. lekae bombon baraekana. He goes from

>Seta

house to house like a dog.

Bonga betha.

The month

cf

Bhador

(q. v.)

Intercostal neuralgia.

Boiiga barchi.

Dare clhompo. Janum dhompo.

"j

V j

A common

annual

plant, used medicinally,

nepetcefolia, R. Br.

Leonates

Bonga

Bonga

A

care6.

caro(i

[

common

grass on

ri-

ver banks, Fogmatherwm saccharoideuvi, Beauv,

A

Bonga

ghanti. plant only found at considerable elevations, Clematis nutans, Boyle,

A sore

Bonga khoda.

and

the fingers,

np to the shoulder.

which occurs on affects

Owing

the

arm

to the eeverity

of the pain it is attributed to supernatural agency. Cf. khoda.

Bonga Bonga of

kora. M. "> Bongas or spirits kuri. F. J which take the form young men or young women for the pur-

pose of visiting at night human beings of the opposite sex. The result of this connection is that the young man or young

woman

falls into ill health, and the visits of his or her 'bonga' lover can only be pre-

vented by charms and spells.

sacrifice

Bontobotod. A long line or strip^ long, extending in one direction. 4.A mineral, a metal.

,

Dhean.

Blazing, flaming, bright-

ly. sehgel jololf kana.

Dhau dhau

Bnm dhasaoena.

on the

have

they

Listen,

dh9,tilitili" rattat.

strike, to hit, to slap. Give him a slap.

fall in, as a river bank undermined ~> Dhau. by the water to slip down, as a Dhau dhau. J landslip,

on the

the

'

Gotaii dhas giourlaKa, enh5 Ijaii liamlaKa. searched aU round, still I did not find.

Dhasao.

boat you pre-

'

kulikoa,

l9,iakoa,

Dhas.

I shall

sently.

(q. V.) tree.

Ado onte note sedra

.

.

Neglected, worn out, ° u^ unpresentable. ^

\

J

DhiroiisoroixiiimandaKkana. lam unpresentable from a cold. Dhiroii soroh gota pe sakriakafa.

To

Dhirpur.

be

contented,

to

be

satisfied.

swear to it. Dhirii. To bring forth

Dhir&

young, said of

C£ dhinwar. A cow with a calf,

gg-i.

Dhisodhoro lioKakanali.

I

a^kareda.

I

have a slight attack feel

a

touch

of

diarrhoea.

Dhiso dhoro. Dirty, unwashed, unkempt. Dhlt. Forward, froward, wilful, obstinate, impudent.

An

Dhit.

a snake has just swal-

bellied, like

J

Dhobea. ") Applied to a person wasted Dobea. J by illness who has a protuberant stomach, as one suffering from enlarged spleen. Dhobeaenae mate.

Dhobok.

Cf.

dhombak.

Cf dhucul dhucul,

Dhocor.

Proud, froward, self-willed. Adi dhocorae. He is very self-willed. Ac dhocor lekae oalaka. He will go his own way.

Dhodhia sauri. Dhudhia sauri. Dhudhi sauri. J tata, Linn.

A

Dhodia. Dhoia.

")

A

grass used thatching purposes Apluda aristall hill

for

>-

of diarrhoea.

Phisodhoroii

Big

")

"l

Dhismis.lCor. of the English legal Dismis. / term " dismiss." Dhisodhoro. \ Bowels loose, slight diarrhcea. Dhikodhoro.J

comely,

;

made.

fully

Dhocol dhocol.

Ere rorte bae dhirpurlenteye dib got'ena. Not being satisfied with a lie he must needs

a cow.

Form, shape, pattern

artistic, elaborate, as a carving. Noa do adi (Jhobko benaoaka£a. This is beauti-

that lowed a meal.

annoyance.

tion, or

!

Diiiron soron. Til JUnoron porou.

Dhob.

Dhob dhobo. Dob dobo.

4

•

self-

?

Dhirkarahak. J p.,

no

Dhoena

]

withered

leaf

of

the

Palmyra palm.

j

Dhodlo. ") Wide, loosely [fitting, as a Dhodo. J garment corpulent. ;

Dhodo dhodo.

Sound

of

drumming.

Pholko ruia dhodo dho^o.

Dhodor dhodor.

Sound produced by a

cracked drum, Gherako ruia dhodor dhodor.

interjection of annoyance.

Dhodor podor. In disrepair, dilapiDhit alom onkawalla. Dhodor pador. dated, filthy, clumDhii ili hiriiikeda. sily executed. Quarrelsome, seeking oppor- Dhoron poron.j Dhltao. '\

!

!

J-

"I

tunity to pick a quarrel.

DhSthao./ Sill

satup ^'^^thaogeye iSamkana. He la always on the look out for an opportunity to pick a quarrel.

Dhitho. ho.

Dhito

")

/-,

,

•

Certainty.

")

tt n

•

,

i)hodro.j^°^^°^'°^*"^^Dhodro.

I"

Dhiusi. 7 Tacked on, slightly attached to, flimsily tied. i)himsi. J Tolre nasenakgeil (Jhiusialcada. I did not tie it with a strong thread. Sadom do khuntire (Jhiuaiakadeae. He has not tied the horse securely to the post. Barslii ganem (Jhiusi AoKlena. Tou only stayed a few days.

To

Dhodra.

The fence

,

Katha reaR dhitho banuKtaea.

Dhoao.

Dhoroii poron jh^mtiko etetakat'a. has been clumsily put up.

carry.

Am

do nia katha ijhoao otoaeme. Ili do oholi dhoao darelea. Carry this me8ei».ge to him. i cannot carry it. NunaK do ohoii (Jhoao darelea. I will not be able to carry so much. "

Dhodro

Worn out, worn into khacl9.K.

A basket

holes. with holes in the

bottom.

Dhodya. M. Dhodyo. F.

")

J

Fault-finding,

scolding,

complaining.

Dhodya mara haram. A complaining old Dhodyo mara bu'^hi. An old scold.

Dhodyo.

Dhoena

Hollow, as a pipe,

fellow.

etc.

Water which has been allowed to stand in a cooking pot over night. Plioena dafi ho ohom Jiamlea, Tou will not even dalj.

the water which cooking pot over night.

get

hag been in the

P

;

,

Dhoia

139

[

Dhoia. Of. dhodia. Dhoj. Highest point of a

Dhokyanakgell hif ili otokada. How provoking, I have forgotten it. (left it behind.) Dhokfanio bae sonlena. How provoking, she has not gone.

tree.

DhSk.-j Dhok. [-Weariness, fatigue.

Dhokre. "J Crooked, bent, curled up Dhokret. J to jerk the hip when walking as one with a stiff hip

Dhak.J Dhokbo maraoa. "We will rest Nirdhok. Uuwenriedly, severe, exoeasive.

Dhok. AmaK

Convenience,

call. dhoktegeii oalaKa ? Shall 1 go to suit

your oonTenienoe ?

K»si dhok.

joint. Panahi dhokrefentilia. away on one side.

Noa

The asthma

Dh6k.

Dhomos

]

theiiga dhokrellgea. is

phthisis.

;

'

f

^° doubt,

Get' Igigifem

to deceive.

worn

This walking stick

A drum beaten on one end by a and on the other by the

stick

Dokh

shoes are

crooked.

Dhol.

Bronchitis.

My

hand.

dhokalena? Wherefore didst thou

doubt

Dhok Dhok

) Gulping sound, or that dhok. dhokao. J made by water poured out of a bottle, or by a bear when

charges. Phok dhokao gofkedae bana do. Phok dhokifi liukeda. I gulped it down. it

Dholkata.

A

Domkata.

species of waterfowl.

Domtutiki.

A

large piece of raw meat, generally without bones. Mi£ dholmako emadiila. They gave me a large piece of raw meat.

Dholma.

Gurgling sound, as water Dholo. Fat and lazy, applied to women. dhok. poured out of a bottle. Of. dhok Dholomolo. Out of sorts, depressed,

Dhok

dhok. DaKko duleda

(JhoK (JhoK.

as they pour

Dhok jiba.

The water gurgles

it out.

At random, on

sheer despair. Dare baA aik^ueda dhok

Dhokha. To doubt,

chance, in

jib^ili

to deceive, to

No,

make

not, a scornful negative.

DhokorlaEae agulaSae.

He

took his food I

m

made my

how

provoking; annoying used main;

by women. Dhok'ranaKge ?.4ili ru9.Kkana. How proTokuig, I

J

my

Dhobok.

Dhomkao.

]

j-To

be curled up.

j

To rebuke,

to

chide,

to

set down.

Threat,

Dhomok oomok uduKakome. Threaten them. Dhomokia. Haughty, arrogant, proud, egotistical.

\ Influence, effect, prestige ; section of the semi- Dhomos. by force of, by means Dhomoste. J of caste Hinduised

^How \

jele chao

T

a corpse; potthrough having

eaten too much. Diyidaiie

.

He

gitioakana.

lies

with

a full

stomach.

Jom

He

diridahenae. having eaten too

is

lethargic

through

much.

jB^nging, thudding.

Dirim'dirim.

B?.nduk dirim mente with a bang.

saglfeKa.

The gun goes

off

Dir dir^u.l Quickly, rapidly, as a person Uberal. DiSdar. JGenerous, Dili diri. J acts when angry, 4iji dini hor kanae. He ia a liberal mam Dirdirau barae kanae. He rushes about. ^^i diniae. He gives generously. Dihmas. The end of the agricultural Dirmi. |A large bamboo basket in year, the month of Magh, (Jan. Dirmi. J which grain, &c. is stored.

when engagements termin- Disa. To remember, to have in mind, and accounts are made up. to be conscious of, to be aware of

Feb..),

ate,

To carry- on the head, to undertake responsibility.

Dipil.

Nawa pera^ pilio.

is itJ.

hecakawaflea.

Gele kanae R DiK-

We have had a new arrival. What A carrier on the head, (a female.

Dipilalime.

Lift it

on to

my head.

The King Crow

piptuc..

Cf. dhip-

unconscious.

A

depot

for

emigrant

coolies.

Dir. To remain firm. DiPakan d^hinakan tahcnpe.

We

shall bo

He remembered.

Disa-dohokaltme. Keep

Kombroko

bololena,,

it in mind till required. mankhan bale disgiletkoa..

Thieves entered,, but we were not aware of them. Bae dis?iadi(ia. He did not remind me.

Native, of the country. home manu-

Disi.

cui.

Dipu.

Cef disg, hudis ban tahentalea. Disa hedadea.

Disi kicrio. Country cloth. Of facture aa opposed to foreign.

Dismis..

Dismis.

"ICor.

the English legal

of

term

J

" dismiss."

Dira mundte."! Heartily, earnestly, with Disom. A country, particularly the Dire mundte. V heart and soul, lii'mcountry or district in which the Dire mur. ly. J Santals live.. Dira mundte mi^ ho bae kamikana. He does Disom hor. The Santals of the country-side. Annual hunt which lasts

no work heartily.

Disom

gipitid sendra.

Dir dir. \ Rushing, quickly, as a pera part of two days, when the hunters pass the night in camp together. Dii- dirau.J son acts when in a rage. He rushed at him and Disom hored. A common cultivated Dir dire lagakedeae. chased him away. leguminous plant. Glycine soja, Dirhet. To take up one's quarters. Lieb and Zucc. Okatem sen

dirhe^ena.

One and a half. Of Dirhi barhi. Of unequal Dirhi.

disagree, as

two

clerhi.

length, to reports of the same

Strong, substantial

To be

late,

quire of paper.

j

The claws or pincers (chelae) of crabs, &c., to grip by pressing together.

Diuhe.

;

quickly. EfaK kathateii diriena. I

was detained by some-

A

lamp.

Wick. Earthenware vessel for holding the Diuhe jeredme. Light the lamp. Bati. M?li.

behind time to delay, be detained. Do. Do not delay, come

to put off time, to Alom diria heo godolime. thing else.

Jista.

to estab-

;

lish, to strengthen. Bea dirho oraKkan. It ia a good substantial house.

Diri.

1

dit. |-A

Ditom.

occurrence.

Dirho.

Dista.

Dit

oil.

A very common particle giving emphasis or clearness.

Ona real? bhed that

do- noa-

ia this.

kana.

The purport

of

B&

[

148

Tayom

utg.rte do jawae kofako ojogea. At the very last they anoint the bridegroom. Inakate do bana hor b9.t;i daKkin saba. After that they both take hold of a brass vessel of water. Uni do bah, nui kangeae. It la not he, but this

person.

An

Do.

emphatic or persuasive parused with the Inperative.

ticle,

Do Do Do

oalakme.

Go bring ours. hijuKme. Come in a little.

Doal

To invite, to call, to say come'. Doa€ delaatpeako. They invited yon to come. Doat'koako. They will invite them, or call them '

to come.

A

Deal.

Dobra.

Fold. Bar dobra l?.tumkate.

A

Do6 miru.

Fold

twice.

it

species of parrakeet,

Falceornis torquatus.

D6d,

Intense internal pain.

Docot'.

Comb

of a cock, &c.

Doda muc. A species Donda muc. / ant. To deny, to Dodao.

of large black

")

Go.

g.giiitalahme.

nahalc

Docjoroso

]

repudiate,

to

disavow, to unsay.

He

Kathage dodao baraeedae.

repudiates his

statement.

red and white.

sari striped

To

Dode.

to invite to

call,

accompany. we may

Doasala."!

Ale ho Jode

Doasla. j-Mixed. Dorasa. J

accompany you. Dode agukom se. Bring them along with you. Onko doK^e calalhne. Go and tell them to

Doasala

Cloth made of silk and cotton.

kioris.

An

Doat.

Call us so that

idilepe.

come.

Dode torakedeale. We called to him to accompany us as we were passing.

ink stand.

Dob. To prohibit, to lay an embar"I Dobon. J go on, interdict. DobkaKme

jahae aloko jom. Prohibit any one eating them, (frint.) Dob hoeena. It is interdicted.

A common

Dodhari.

fern,

Acliantwai

lunulatwm. Burm. Nanha

dodhari.

Uheilanthus tenuifolia,

8iv.

of Parrakeet) >A species iS jv ' Cross roads, the junction of Dodharia miruj Palceornis Alexandri. two roads. "1 Dodhio. Hollow, and therefore unserDobdobo. The feeling after a rather •

Dobatia.

Dhodro.

meal.

full

Jom

A

Dobol poesa. DobhaK.

")

A

Doblak. J DaK do bah

double

Pobka. Sere.

pool of water, a puddle, to

collect, as

water in a hollow.

dobhaklena.

The water did not

Dobo.

basket used to

as

an old

tree

;

old worn out hag. > An Dhocjro mara buglhi. ) (Applied sometimes by a graceless daughter-in-law to her old mother-in-law.)

Old, worn out, dried up, applied to the ripe fruits of certain species of Cucurbitacese which are succulent when gi'een, but a mass of fibre when ripe.

Dodo.

M.

Phadri. F.

A

lift

water

for irrigation.

The pattern made by Mahlis (q. Doms, (q. ,, ,,

v.)

")

J

v.

Noa jhihga dodoena.

C£ dobhak.

Doblak.

viceable, out, old.

Po^hio mara budhi.

pice.

collect.

Dobka. ") Dopka. J

/

worn

(Jobijoboenali.

mass of fibre. Poijo mara haram.

Big, large.

Dodom dodom.

This ihihga.

An

old dry stick.

A

rat tat

(q. v.) is

a

played on

Dobok. To bow, to salute by bowing the drum by Dom drummers. down, to worship. Dodormod. C£ dormoc. DoboKadeae. He bowed down to him. Dobon. To subdue, to check, Cf dob. Dobonet'ko kanakin.

Double,

Dobor.

More dobor.

Dobor dand.

Five

Dodrosot'l^°

An

Dol.

on

th

buUooka.

Enan. ") A little while ago, a previous Enan. part of the same day. I:}' J Enaareli Jielledea.

I

saw him a

little

while

ago.

He

Enanreye oalaoena.

Enbend.

left

some time ago.

Half-threshed, as grain.

Bnoar mandokate bagiaKpe, gapabon en lahut' utgirkaRa. Half thresh it and leave it, we will thresh it out

End.

tomorrow.

The male organ of generation. To cross in front of

enfjakket'lea. of us.

If

A jackal

crossed in front

an end.

Ende.

There, in that place. Ende bare tahe hataroKme. Remain

there for

the present. na,

Ho my place

Ende.

en^e eskargem guri-; barakeda? have you only smeared that

girl,

?

Ende pende. | Here and there, End pend. ) able, slippery. Alom ende pende baralea. Ende pendeye kamikana. Endpend hor kanae. He is a

Alele rui ende bapoko enec. BiA reak bohoKko gejerkeftaete, enije bapoe gujuR. They pounded the head of the till

then did he

enec. Then. EacakoA jog, endeened daKiii aguia. When I have swept the courtyard then I will bring

laie^ enderege ape sen do bae dakleda. says it was thought there was no rain with ycu. Bam ma enderegeye goeen. It was thought that Earn was dead.

Enderema.

Then, in that case. Bape ranaekhan enderemae giijuK. If you do not give him medicine then he will die,

Ende

may

die.)

reset.

Then.

lA thene oalaka, ende resetili emaea. He will come to me, then I shall give it to him. Arjao johme, ende resetem jom suk jona_. Get good crops then you will live in comfort. Kurumutute Vamime, ende reset poesako emama. Work diligently then they will give you money.

Endete.

Then.

Durnplenme, en^etem calaKa. and then you can go.

Sit

down

Then onls. leka calaRme, endete enedem tioga. quickly then you will arrive in time.

first

I

jog, enijete ened daKiA aguia. "When have swept the courtyard then I will

bring water.

Three days hence.

Pher endrae.

Four days hence.

To shew the thumb, a

Endre.

way Endre.

khac. 1 mi

To be

angry.

endre ocokedilia. angry.

Unim dallekhan

endekhauiiii l9.1isaraa. If j^ou then I shall complain against you.

to give to another

who

present, when eating or drinking, to pass over. Jom endelkediiiako. They ate themselves but did not give

me

anythirig.

C£

edre.

He made me

very

Now.

Enc.

Enem is

scornful

of saying no.

Miye

Endekhan, an. 3

Go

Eacakoli

water.

Not

was

He

Endrae.

die.

Ende

beat him

it

Khub

nehorente ende bapoe araJfkade. I beseeched, then only did he release him.

Endel.

thought, was understood.

Uni mae

Iiiili

Ende

slippery fellow.

was

It

unreli-

Endete enec.

Then only.

snake, not

then.

Ian jirauange, eudetelah ehoboEa. "We will rest here a little then we will begin.

ende utare hijuB.

Ende bapo.

till

Nonde

Then.

IfiiA senoK,

Then, not

to.

CalaRpe, encle nahi toko emapea. Go, not till then will they give to you. Eanaepe, ende nahi toe besoKa. Give him medicine, not till then will he recover.

(or

a jackal crosses in front of a party on their way to " view a bride" it is considered as an omen presaging evil. The party immediately returns home and negotiations are at

Henda

Ende nahi

Barakar bam parom dareakkhan enderemam ruarenge. If you cannot cross the Barakar river, then you will return.

Eor endaUkediiiae. Toyoe

endenahim arjao joiia. It must then you will secure good crops.

first rain,

said, it

He knotted it intricately. Then, at that time.

Encar manclo.

Then.

nahl.

DaRleng-hi

Intricately, complicated.

betar.

Endak.

Ende

Enderege.

Endbende tolkeda.

En

Enec

]

thireua.

Now you are still. Now they are going.

Eneko calaKkana.

Not until. Tikin cnede hedena. He did not arrive till noon. DaR lober enede jomlaRa. He had no food before

Enec.

4 p. m.

Ene6

165

[

To dance, to play a game, to play, to drill, to dandle, to pacify, to fondle.

Enec.

A

Bill eSeneoid.

snake oharmer.

To run about and

Sir ened.

Enejekanali.

Doii ened.

Dahar ened.

The Dong danoe, a marriage dance. The Dahar danoe, a sequel to the

(q. v.) festival.

Sohrae ened. The Sohrae dance, danced at the Sohiae (q. v.) or Harvest festival. Baha ened The Flower dance, danced at the Baha (q. v.) or Flower festival. Guiijar ened. The Gunjar dance, danced daring the Sohrae or Harvest festival. Matwar ened. The Matwar dance, a Harvest .

festival dance.

Jhik^ ened.

The Jhika dance, danced on

occasion^. Bhins9.r ened.

The Bhinaar dance,

(q. V.) festival

is

all

a Karam

dance.

The Danger dance, is performed by men only when passing the night in camp daring an annual hunt. Jale ened. The Jale dance, is danced on the

Duiiger ened.

day of the Sohrae (q. v.) festival. Loboe ened. The Loboe dance, danced by men only at the Daeae festival. Taini ened. The Walking stick dance, all the performers of which carry a stick. They form a circle and beat time with their last

ened.

The

Dom

dance,

ia

a

marriage

dance.

P^k don

ened. The Sword and Shield danoe. The performers used to carry swords and

shields, biit since they have been disarmed a stout stick has taken thb place of the sword.

Enelngol. \ To transfer dust, &c. from EnSlngut./ the person to a cloth, &c., by lying or treading on it. Sanam kicridem enelngufkeda. Tou have made all the cloth

dusty (by lying or treading

on it.)

A

partition. Cf etet'. Enetet'. Tala enetefi. A partition across the centre.

Enga.

Do

Enga

Cloth

itat.

not separate the

given

to

bride's

mother by bridegroom

Enga jopor.

Grown

to the size of the applied to animals and

mother, birds.

Ehga

joporenakin.

They are as big

as their

mother.

Thy mother.

Edgam. Engam.

Engam dongam. A term

an

of abuse, expletive.

Engame.

E agate. Engafi.

My

Engat.

His mother.

The mother.

Edgat'tet'.

Hopontef

mother.

ma menaege,

The

ehgaiieie godena.

child is a live, the mother is dead.

Engel pedgel.

Perplexed, confused; the feeling of one tired with many things still to do.

K^mi

kamiteii ohgel pehgelena.

I

am

tired

and perplexed with continued working.

To stoop. Ehgo^kateko poea. They atoop to hoc.

Engot.

sticks.

Pom

a parkom, or bed.

of all.

Lagre dance. Golwari ened. The Golwari danoe, like the Dahar dance it follows the Lagre danoe. Kiuj^ ened. The Einja dance, danced at the

Karam

Cross lines running from corner to corner in the woven mattress of alom phoraoa. twine of the ehga.

dandling him. Paret eneoj Parade, drill. Lagre eneo. The Lagre danoe, the most com-

mon dance

Enga

Eiigatei;

play.

am

I

Eiika

]

Female, mother.

Mother and child, or children. Ehgahon. Mother and child. Ehga hopon. Mother and young (animnls.)

Ehga hopon.

Gidra eugat hor. A mother, (employed usually to roughly indicate age.) Ehga katup. The thumb, or big toe. Ehga katupiii uduKadea. I shewed him my thumb, i. e. I defied him.

Ehga khet. A productive Ehga aadom. l ^ ^^^^_ Sadom enga. )

lufehgaj^^^--

rice field.

Edgrad.

A

Enhiloli.

That day, the same day.

Enho.

term of abuse.

Never-the-less.

Enka. Thus, in such a way, like that, as that. Enkan. J Enkageye tahekana. He was in the same condi")

tion. It rained like that Ale enka hoe daka^lea. with us. Ape sec ce€leka enkage ale sec ho. It was the same with us as with yon. Enka bare tahe ocoam. Let it remain as it is (Let it remain thus.)

Enka lekaeme. Do like that. Onko doko enkangea. They are

Enka

A little,

enka.

Enka enkae

daKa^lea.

like that.

trifling. had a very little

We

rain.

Enka

enkate.

By

degrees, .^y

that

way, in that direction, in that way, thus. Enkaenkateko sardikeda. Little by little they became furioua. Enka enkate daK calaoena. The rain passed in that direction.

Enkathae

166

[

Enkathae. Used to introduce a statement, that is to say, namely, as they say, that is. Enkhad. Enkhacte. f-Then. "j

Enkhan.

am dom joma. let then yon will eat. TJniye hedlenkhan enkhante am dom calaRa. When hejcomes then yeu can go. the strangers

first eat,

These, those.

Enkoge sapkom.

Seize hold of these.

on that

the other side, side, on the far side.

On

ho is not satisfied. JahatinaKko metam, enreho alom Whatever they may say to you, still

rebena. still don't

you assent. For, because.

In that way, in that direction.

Ente liogoKme. Move a little over that way. Euteye calaoena. He went in that direction.

In that place, there, over there.

Entere.

EntereJl tielledea.

I

saw him over

there.

The length

of thread one time, as long as the

Mgilljhi

Mit bar

eorali takoekeda. lengths of thread.

To

Grosae era. Kisar era. Budi ora.

Era

I

spun two or three

lift up to strike, as to brandish threateningly. Thengae epeladilia. He raised a stick to me.

Eper hende. \To be at variance, Eper hendec.J habour ill feeling,

to

to

who should do a

Eperhen(Jekkanakin. They bear ill-feeling towards each other, or, each urges the other to do it first.

Epre. Out of line, cross-wise, uneven, entangled. Katha do epreentakoa. Their statements do not agree.

^^'

I

|,

,.

TI-,

iirogok.

I

To sow, to scatter sown or scattered,

,,

(q. v.)

Priest's

Messenger's wife,

,,

„ Jog Maiiihi's „ (q. The goddess of the Sal grove. era.

v.)

A female

Santal deity. The master's wife. An old woman, (respectful.)

A wife. A prophetess. A Hindu woman. To be at enmity with each

iri.

They

are at enmity with each

other.

iSin erak.

}^

^^"'"^

P^^* mid-day.

To turn aside, to parry, to avoid, to dodge, to give the go by to.

Eran.

Erandom

dare. The castor oil Ricinus communis, Linn. Castor

tree,

oil.

To withhold food

for

some time

as a punishment, to children. Hape lah, eraomea. Wait a bit I shall delay giving you food.

A

Erba.

cultivated grain, Setaria Italica, Kunth, used metaphori-

cally for girls. TinaK iri (q. V.) ar tinaK erbaf and how many girls p

How many boys

To twist and twine, fidgetty, restive. Cirifoe menaea ar oncle khon o^okoK lagif adiye

Erce perce.

erce perce baraekana. He is in a strait and to get out of it he is twisting and twin-

ing in aU directions. Adili erce perce legata, every

bad dareada,

way but was not

I tried

successful.

4di boj menaKte 4ahra do adikin erce perce baraekana, Owing to the heavy load the bullocks are twisting about (fidgetting to rid themselves of the yoke.)

;

to be

j

horo. Dhan that has not been transplanted. Horoka. erakoa sim do. They scatter dhan for

Er

the fowls. Eroliio do eroKe o^oh calaoena. sower went forth to sow. Otre ita erogoKa. Seed is sown in the earth.

A

IroKtet do jug reaK mucaf ar iroK ko do serma ren dutko. The harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are the angels. ,

Paranik's

,, ,,

,,

other. Era iriakauakin.

;

dispute as to thing first.

,,

„ ,,

Eranijom sunum.

raise or

a stick

era.

Naeke era Go^e^ era. Jog Mailjhi

spun at arm can Erao.

stretch.

Epel.

The wife of an EngHshman. era. The village chief's wife.

Paranik

Entere ho besoKgea.

Eora.

A man's family.

Bra hopon.

Era uru. Nabi era. Diku era.

this side,

Enreho. Never-the-less, although, still. EmadeaA enreho bae biUkana. I gave to him,

Ente. Ente.

io^o°n:r:t.^^-^^t-.

Jaher era.

On

Enparom.

Ne parom.

Era. \Wife; female, applied to women Erat. J only, and generally as a mark of respect.

Sahebera.

j

Perako jomlege enlihante

Enko.

Ere.

]

Ere.

A

species of bird, a

Bho(Ja ere. The large Mahrattensis.

wood pecker

Wood

pecker, Picus

Kabra ere. The striped Wood pecker, Brachyptemus aurantius. Ere.

To

deceive, to

lie,

Ere eye kin k?.phariaulikana.

to pretend.

They

are chaff-

ing each other.

Ere moiij. \ To deceive, to put off for the present Ere suk. j with a promise, to pacify.

Ered ere6

167

[

A deceiver.

EKre hoy. Meromere

ej-eko duhauea. They pretend to milk the goat. Ered rorlekhan kule jomelima. If I lie may a tiger eat me.

Ered ere6. ") To smart, to scorch, to Ered pered. J burn smarting or burning sensation.

Eskai-

]

To pretend not

Erka.

to

know

or to to

deny having known a person, dissemble. Nel erkaenae. Erka mara hor kanae. Bejaeem erkalikan do ho.

;

Ereo pared hasoedilikana.

I feel

a smarting

pain.

Setoh paraoakkhan efed erejoSa ghao. If the sun's rays beat on the sore it -will smart.

Ere

Pretendingly, not in ear-

erete.

nest.

Ere oreteye dalekana.

He

Ero.

and when he put out

pretending to

is

steike him.

instead of giving

He pretends to be ill. The Pied starling, Sturno-

Ere ereteye ruaKkana.

Ere

kisni.

pastor contra. '^^ deceive, to

'

Ere limiU Ere

f

lipul^ke1}meall,

To

Ere mo6j.

To

tantalise, as a child holding out a piece of sweetmeat to another, and when he puts out his hand to take it, puts it in his own mouth. Always used with "jom," to eat. Jom erokedeae. He held out a (cherry) to him ")

Iru. J

take one

in.

in.

Erev. To turn aside, to parry, to avoid, to dodge, to give the go by to. Kathae ererkeda, bae

He parried

liur ocoada.

the statement preventing it having effect. Erer barakedifiae. He dodged me.

Ere suk. To take one in, to put

off

with

his hand to take it, him he pnt it into his

at him.

you are dismissing me. done

deceive, to take one

to

Eron. You yourself, you yourselves, just so, exactly so, on account of Am eroiiem agukedilia, ado nitoK dom jobabaii kana. Tou yourself brought me, and now Ape eronpe

have taken you in.

I

it

own mouth and laughed

nonkaakat'a.

Tou yourselves have

this,

Ona eroh amem

ror ocolckana. On account of that you are being found fault with.

Erpher.

To exchange,

Kicridkin erpherkeda.

Erseii torsed.

")

Ersed

/

torseii.

to alternate. They exchanged cloths.

To tumble or roll about when lying down.

Ersefi torgefi baraekanae. one side to another.

He

is rolling

from

a promise. Erwel.

To take one

Ere surud.

Ere suru6ke6meaii.

Erga.

I

have taken yon

in.

Contrarious, counter, con-

")

§rga.

to cheat,

game.

as at a

Erga

in,

J

trary.

BujhauKkana nni do erga mara hor kanae. Oka leka erga ergam roreda, oka h5 bah bujhauKkantama.

Erga ergako

My

pise.

They have

him. They arjaoana, ill geli ergeia;Kena. have all had good crops while I have been passed over, or slighted. ErgejaKketoeako. They all left yon severely all slighted

Sanamko

alone.

Ergo Vgoi.

species of field rat.

sesa.

5?g°^;}Ear Ergot

The track

my

wife's

Eser.

To slight, to trample on, to put upon, to pass over, to des-

vA

wife's

To shake, to shake previous to being possessed, to be possessed

bicairkeda.

or inspired.

Ergejak.

p"

my

younger sister. ErwelmelJora. Thy brother in-law, thy wife's younger brother. Erwelrae kuri. Thy sister-in-law, thy wife's younger sister. Esel. Fair, light coloured. Esel kuri. A fair girl.

ErgaKtege tahenkanae.

Sanam hortegeko ergejaKakadea.

In-law, as sister-in-law.

Erwelill kora. My brother-in-law, younger brother. Erweliii kuri. sister-in-law,

or road of the Ergo.

Boiiga esei'akade leka. He shook as if a bonga (q. v.) had possessed him. Eu?. eseriiikana. I have an attack of ague. Eser orali. An abandoned house taken possession of by another family.

To block the way, to hinder, to check. Ese6 acur. To surround. Bpeset. To meet each other in argument.

Eset.

Eskar.

Alone, only, except.

Eskarre. Privately. Eskar janam. Only begotten.

Eskar toskar. Alone, one or two, a few. Eskar toskar alope dafana; ones and twos.

Don't go about in

Esk5s

with

Reluctantly,

Esk5s.

168

[

aversion,

disinclination, with difficulty,

He

Eskoshamalalfedipilidieda. ries the heavy "weight. Jomkate eskosiA aikaueda.

^''°t^®'^> the other (inanimate.)

i

Another one, the other one (animate.)

Thin, sparse, scarce, slight. Adi etaiigeaUo. The population is very sparse, jondra adi etan omonakana. The Indian corn has germinated very sparsely.

Etau.

Trustworthiness. You

Etbar.

AmaK

etbar banuKanan.

!

!

!

Etec.

aJijommese. There! listen. cere ralcedae. Hark the bird sings, egereCbonae. Hark she is scolding ua. to,

trying to get a wife.

Bahue eteaakawaClea. heart oa a bride. cete.

")

cote. J

Oar

(sou)

has set his

To attempt, to do one's best, to make a show, to show

off.

To make a

Etet.

fence, to fence, to en-

close with a fence of branches. Jhaiitite etedme. Fence it with branches. It was fenced Etet acurakat tahekana.

such. ?

Did you

find

So large, such a great. Eto boro matwarem hoeena? Have you become such a great man ? Eto boro gorobia am Tou, such a high and mighty one Etoc potoc. Heavily, severely. Etod potodko (Janijomkedea. They fined him !

Etoo potodko dalkedea. They beat him severely.

From ehop

Beginning.

The

I

(q. v.)

was not

pre-

opposed to the

right, as

left ; to pass over or by, to miss. Eton; ti. The right hand. Etom sene calao paromena. He passed to the right side. Etom nakhareye dujrupakana. He is sitting to the right.

Aboe etomketbona dak by us.

do.

Alom etom

Do

otokalea.

all

The not

rain passed

pass us by,

(visit us.)

Etom etomko

sikeda, oka

then babo rohoeP in ploughing, where

They have missed much can we plant the seedlings ? "> Etrah. To speak angrily, to get Etran etran, J angry. Adiye etrah etranoUa. Etrah etraue rorkeda.

round.

He spoke angrily. first day of the

Etwar. Sunday, the week.

Uncomfortable feeling in Ewer. To fan. stomach after having eatHoroko ewera hatalite. They fan the rice with a hatak (q. v.) (to separate the good grain en too much.

ete.

Jom

so,

Eto boro.

Etom,

!

To begin, to put one's hand make an attempt, to try.

Jom

So much,

do etoge lelham riamkediria me so stupid ?

!

I have begun to make an ahar (q. v.) Nui hor do bahue eteeakadea. This man is

Et

clay from the used as

(q. v.),

Etohop khon do ball tahekana. sent from the beginning.

Ahariii etedakawana.

Ete Ete

culha

a medicine. To break in, to accustom to work.

Eto.

Etohop.

There, listen,hark.

Ete Ete Ete

The burned

&c.

heavily,

are not trust-

worthy.

Ete.

stool, lying in one bed, etke torege atkarokkana.

Eto.

s

Etarid

as for

two persons sitting on one

inside of the

Ill alf

space,

Insufficient

]

Nesiil etoea nui dahra. I will break in this bullock to the plough this year.

I feel perplexed.

Another.

rt^

tor§.

toroc.J

Etko hasa.

Esto besto. To be wearied, perplexed, Durup durupte esto bestoenali. I am wearied

Etalf.

A(|li

After a long time he

eneo eskose rorkeda. reluctantly spoke.

with sitting. Esto besto a^karedafi.

Etke Etke

reluctantly car-

Having eaten I am

disinclined to move. A.di

Eyae

]

1

et ete. j

I have ete^eenaii feel uncomfortable. .

Ethem, To cough to ahem. Ethem sadeedae. He is

eaten too

much and

call attention, to

on the threshing floor.) Seiigelko ewera binite. They fan the fire with a bamboo fan. Udgarlenreko eweroKa.

when it coughing, as a signal

Use

Eya.

is

They fan themselves

hot.

to call attention to males

younger than the speaker.

of his approach.

Eya! beret'me. Hey! get up. Tired, uncomfortable, Ether pother. Eya beta, calao godoKme. wearied, used generally with 'du Eyad. 1 To commit to memory, to rup to sit. Ead. J remember, to punish. Durup durupteii e^her po^herena. I am tired Monere eyad dohoeme. Keep this in mind. !

'

with sitting so long. common plant. Etkec.

A

antiquorum, Linn.

Euphorbia

Hape

!

nahaKlaii eyadmea.

you presently.

Eyae.

Of

eae.

Hold, I shall punish

'

Ga

169

[

Giibur

]

Deeply, to sink deeply, t^ insert dc_'c])ly. Hoko do gab gabko jomana. Those eat murb and good food, OnkoaK jahga bololfa gab gab. Their feet sink

(Jab gab.

A village.

Ga.

Jalialeka ga goncjape darana.

To got mixed up with, to join, to stray. Okoe palronko tnluce gaba(J oalaoetia. She has got mixed with and gone with some person's

Gabad.

herd.

Abo thene gabadena. It has joined our herd. Gabad calaoenako ggtiko. The cows have got mixed up with another herd and gone with them.

To plant

Gaban.

rice in vacancies

;

to

interlace horizontally ; horizontal interlacing. Do calakpe gaban baraape etan Jiolcgea. Go and plant rice plants in the vacancies, it is

deeply.

Pahra gabgab jahga boloKkantakoa. of the bullocks sink

in a thick horizontal jhanti (q. v.) fence.

To stain,

Gabao.

e^efre. Put interlacing in the

to colour, to

immerse

in colouring matter during the process of dyeing to fill, to take ;

up space. Baberko gabaoa, rah uthaua mente.

They bury

Gabar. MiC itad

erleda, gabarena. I of seed, it has got mixed.

sowed one kind

' rDin, noise, disturbance. gunj.J AuriaKko gabar gn/ijakafia. They have created

r loud murmur-

Galfalak. Galgul.

i"g' ^« of a crowd. J

Adiko galgalaEa ce£ ho bam alijom dareaKa. They make such a din, you can hear nothing.

Gal galao. To be moist, damp, to run, as a sore.

f$:}™e

tattle.

gul. Speaking, row, din, noise. Celeko gal gule£ tahekana ? Who wore making a noise P Okoe hor con galgulko ror idikeda. Some people passed speaking loudly.

A

Gali. Sukri

method of tying. A method employed to tie the

loop, a

gg,li.

feet

of a pig when it is desired to carry it on a pole between two men when alive. Jora gali. A knot on one end and a loop on the other, used to tie cattle, goats, &c. Ph9.si gali. A running noose.

Mash, mush, mashy, mushy.

Galid.

Dakape

isin

Tou have cooked

gaUdkedape.

the rice into a mash.

Galkatua. Boasting, bragging a boaster, a braggart. ;

He is a

Marahgalk?.tf^ hor kanae.

plait, to braid.

To braid the hair. Baha gntn galaii. To weave a garland. Caurio galaii. To plait a ribbon for the hair. Baber galah. To twist strands into twine. JonoK galah. To plait (grass for a) broom. Bor galaii. To plait straw into a rope. Kathako gutu galaiikeda. They have concocted galan.

Galan gulun.

with fever, ho

Gal bajoria. A great talker, a windbag, one who prefers talking to

They look very

small.

is

heavy looking.

Galak galak. ") Dirty, ill-looking, appli- SI Gal Galat galati. J ed to large sores.

Galau.

ill

Voice.

Gala pheraoentaea.

man

;

proficient in his

He is

Tliis

sleejt.

scious state.

Galat' solali

He

ox.

Gala.

heavy

A(Ji ate rualfltana, galasafae gitieakana.

great boas-

ter.

Galmarao.

To

converse, to speak.

Galmaraoet' tahekanaliii.

We

together. Ona kathae gahnaraoadifiae.

were conversing

He

told

me

that

story.

Galoc cSrS. The Hawk cuckoo, Hierococcyx varius.

Galo6

salo6.

confusion.

thraws. Horo eanam

Higgledy piggledy, in Scottice, heeds

galod salodena. lying different ways.

an'

The dhau

is all

Galsal

To

Galsal.

speak

[

converse, to

consult, to to

;

3^6

keep company, to ac-

company. Ayup nahaKle

galaala.

We will consult

in the

evening. Galsalkedape, calfpe thirenaP Ton talked it oTer and settled it, why are you inactive ? Alope galsala thirte kamipe. Do not converse,

work

quietly. Galsal bar horlaii tahena.

We

two

will

keep

each other company.

Galta golat.

Dull,

Gam gum. Gam

A

slip, a fault. Eorreri galtikeda. I made a slip in speaking.

still.

Gamgum barakoKpe. Be stiU, or be Gam gum. Cf. gum. Nia gamgum barakam. Sift this.

many

This is a great boaster, he takes people in.

iThe Hawk

cuckoo, ffivarius. erococcyx J folk lore. story, a folk tale

Galua Galoc

cerg.

Gam.

A

quiet.

Gam

gundur. Quiet, reserved. Maran gamgundurhor kanae. He is a very

cgr§,

Gamhand. Gampatak. Gampatao.

Reserved

gabhad.

Cf. ")

To hear when

J

called to

but not to reply, as one

wishing to shirk duty. Dak jokha gupi gidrako gampatal^a.

In the rains the herd boys pretend not to hear when called to, (turning out being uncom-

fortable.)

Gampatao. To sulk, to be in the doldrums, to feign death, as some insects do. Gampataoakanae. She is sulking. Gampataoenae uru do. The beetle

is

feigning

death.

;

Gam sereli. A part of a story which Gampis. To talk privately. Cet'pe gampis johkan tahekana. What Gamao, To recognize, to diagnose, to you speaking about privately. remember. sung.

is

Bali

gamao

thikledea.

I did

not recognize him.

Sen ma^ sen hecakan, bali gamaoakat'a. I have gone and come, but I do not remember it (the road.)

Serious, sedate, good natured, quiet, without vice, as a horse or bullock.

Gambhir.

Gambhra gada. The pit in which the fire is placed when boiling gur (q. v.^i Gamcha.

A

piece of cloth from li to

to 2 yards in length, used mainly to put on when bathing to keep the ordinary garment dry. It is

often worn round the neck not in use.

when

A

kind of earth with which cloth is dyed a light reddish brown colour. This is the Hindu and Buddhist sacred colour.

Gamcha

Gam Gam

hasa.

gam. gamao.

| To

be sultry, "^

close.

J

Gumgamaolckana daK hijuli cohce^coh. It is very sultry, will it rain or not. 4di gamgam atkaroKkana. It feels very sultry.

Gamgondar.") Muttering in a low tone

Gamgondor.

of voice. j Cef pe gam gondoreda ? What aie you muttering

away

at there.

re-

served person.

Gamgunduran hofko edre godoEa.

A

boaster, a braggart, a deceiver. Mui do adi galua kanae, adi hore galaokoa.

Galua.

Stillness, perfect quietnesis. giimko thirena. They became perfectly

people easily take ofPence.

vacancy of mind,

stolidity, want of intelligence. A6 eakar galta golat'e dara baraekana. Adomko bhabnateko galta goladoKa.

Galti.

Ganao

]

were

About, nearly.

Gan.

Tikin gan. Inal^ gan.

Mnak

gan. Thora gan. NunaK gan. Unas gan.

About mid-day. About as much as that. About as much as this.

A small quantity,

a few.

About as much as this. About as much as that.

Hunalfgan. So much as that. TJnaK gan sahgiilre. At about that distance.

More moka

gan.

About

Bele ganena se bah? Is

Gan.

five cubits.

it

about ripe, or not.

Properly, fully, suitable.

.^uriii cet

gana.

I

have not yet learned

it

pro-

perly._

Arhoii

ganlege. EmoTk ohoko ganlena. oet'

They

will not agree to

give.

Mase, gan ocokom. Auri hara ganoKae.

Make them

agree to it. She has not yet gro^vn

sufficiently.

Bah ganokaKem gan proper what

ocoleda.

You

are

making

improper. Bah ganoKaKgeye roreda. He is saying what he ought not to say. Mon bail ganaflea. We were not pleased. Kami ganme. Do a little more, or a little better work. Bah ganoSaK. An impropriety. Oho ganlentama. It will not succeed. (It will not become what you wish.) Oho kami ganlena teheri do. It is not suitable for this work to day. is

Ganao. To respect, honour. Ehgam apum ganaoklnme. Honour thy

father

and thy mother, Disom horko do parganako bako ganaoef ko netar do. The people of the country do not respect the pargannas.

Ganade

177

[

Ganade.

Bars running cross-wise in opposition to those running lengthwis-e (jeleti, q. v.) the cross bars at the two ends of a bed the short opposite ends of a parallelogram. ;

:

Ganijhiii

I

Gandar cerg. A species of waterfowl. Gandar gundur. Muttering, speaking in low tones. Gandar gundur oei coo rorefkan. Ho is muttering something to himself.

Gandar gundvirkin galmaraokana.

They are

conversing in low tones.

Ganak. A spider's web, from Gandaura. Rubbish, rubbish in a heap. "J Bindi ganaU. J gaU (q. v.) Gandbhur. A wooden water pipe a Ganao. To respect, to honour, to heed, hollow piece of wood used as a pay attention to, obey. water pipe. Ato lior do mg-fiilii bako ganaoedekana. To place at a right angles to The villagers do not pay respect to tlio head Gande. man. something else, cross, transverse. Biiie gan(Jo esoCkedilia. A snake was stretched Gqpari. A small fishing net with a across my path. handle like a butterfly net. Gande munde. An adverb possessing ;

A

Gand

cross

ridge,

or

embank-

ment, a division crosswise. Barpe gan^em arelekhan insttem besolfa. If you throw two or three embankments across

will be well.

it

A swelling

Gand.

in the groin or in the armpit which sometimes gathers enlarged gland. ;

A

Ganda.

es of rice seedlings.

Gandac gunduc.'* Gandac gusuc. Gadak gasuk. Ganduc gasuc. Ganduk sanduk

Forgetful, as old people sometimes are. or as one very busy or in deep sorrow.

gasuk.

Lumpy,

Gandac gunduc.

large

and

small lumps, Jondra daka gan^ad gunijuogea.

charged me) heavily,

Gande munde joakana.

or fragments

;

into pieces to be ground into

Gandet

Ganda

guti.

To

divide, to

Iii

do olioli ganija guti dayelea. I cannot divide it.

Gangla gutikedale. We divided it. The system of "ganda guti" is to put down a pebble, or any other small object, as the name of each person entitled to share is mentioned. Then a share is placed alongside of each pebble, or whatever else was laid

"Gandar. Larvae of certain beetles. Kat gan^lar. Found in wood. Found

in

middens

of

oow dung.

Said to feed on stones.

23

species of poisonous

Across, at right angles, transversely. Gam} gand areme. Throw embankments across at several places.

Gand garur. The Gandha gandhi.

Rhinoceros. Strong, applied to

smells. Adi bes gandha gandhi so kana.

This a strong pleasant smell. A strong A(Ji baric gandha gjndhi so kana. unpleasant smell.

Sulphur, brimstone.

A cultivated pot-herb,

Gandhari arak.

Amarantus gustifolia,

gangeticus, var, an-

Linn.

A wooden water pipe, a hollow piece of wood used as a

Gandhbhur.

water pipe.

Gandhel Marau

Lazy, sluggish.

ganijhefi

hor kanae.

He

is

a very slug-

gish man.

Gandhel;

mundhel

Naked, scrimply

clad. Kiorio b9.nuKtaea gan^hefi munijhelje dara ba-

raekana. He has no clothes, he about nearly naked.

down.

Guri6 gandar. Dhiri ganijar.

A

bin.

Gand gand.

make up

an account.

very large quantity

snake.

powder; fragments. The straw is reGanija gun(j9.ena busup do. duced to very small pieces. Gaai^a gun^ako joma. They eat the fragments.

A

of fruit (on the tree.)

Gandhak.

Ganda gunda. To be broken

They beat him

severely.

Gando mundaye jomkeda. He ate amazingly. Gande muncleko agukediiia. They fined me (or

set of four.

Bar gan^a poesa. Two annas. Pon ganda aphar monalta. There are 16 bunch-

Ganduk

intensifying force. Gande mundeko dalkedea.

Nui

ijanra do is

very

sli

g.ijiye g?.nd, as an egg. Ghxirni dano bonga. Name of a certain

malignant

spirit.

To

Ghurpak.

A

Ghus.

again a matter

raise

that has been round, to tAvist.

set^tled,

Ghut mutia.

middle sized young man.

dal (q. v.) masher. Utuko ghutnia. Tiuy apply the 'ghutni 'to the dal ( to mash it.

Ghusa. To prod with the thumb passed fore

and midclle

fin-

gers.

Ghus^i ghusi. To prod with the thumb passed between the fore and middle fingers, Ghusa ghusikedeae. Ghusa ghusienakiu.

A

C£

Gi.

takes bribes.

between the

A

Ghutni.

He prodded him. They prodded each other.

Ghusau. \To go out of the way; to Gusau. J hide with a wish to shun or shirk work, &c.; to pass, as time. Kor ghusau. To make a slip in speaking. Dao ghusg.u. To miss an opportunity. Okate ooe ghusauena. He has gone somewhere

mound,

rising ground,

bank

[of river.

ge.

Knowledge.

Gian.

He

Of middle size and stout. )U9.n. A well built, sturdy,

Khub ghut mutia

swing Ghutu.

to

bribe.

Ghuse jomoda.

Gidri

]

Gicho rani. Queen Gicho, a name given to the earthworm who according to the traditions of the Sftitals raised the earth above the water. Gidar bandar. Gidar butur. Gidar gadar. Children, little children. Gidar pidar, Gidra pidra. } [angry. Gidgidau. To move quickly as one Gidgid^u heeenae. He came striding up.

A

Gidi.

vulture.

The Indian King- Vulture, OloSehgel gidi. gyps calvHf;. Sone gidi. Cf sehgel gidi. E^ila gidi. The female of Ologyps calvus. .

out of the way. Kamiii ghus?iukeda. to

DaK

work

I

have missed

my

chance

Ghus

ghus.

Jom

ghusun.

Jeret gidi.

Up

Bohoe Goo

Gidi

to

get out of the way, to

Rejected, laid aside as unneglected, as

ore.

;

children. gidi ore emalipe, ladejohail. Do give me a piece of old cloth, I will wear it. Nui gidi ore tahekanae, ill geA joton saohakedea, tiapurio This child was neglected, I took him in and cared for him, poor little

De iQuickly, with a rush.

^

j

•'

He

rushed out.

Bea (hik ghat oraKko benaoakate. built a good average house.

!

thing

Gidi They have

average sized plant.

ghut. Restless, to trip, as a child or dwarf Ghut ghut liir ketee gidr?i.

Ghut

Middle-sized.

M

Ghutla. a. M. \ Short in stature, a dwarf

Ghutlii. F.

kill

and throw away. gidi'? To throw oneself at another's

serviceable, as cloth

without

Quietly,

.

ghut.

or to eat to get

feet; to beseech.

She crept into the

Ghut. ) Ghutj^^^'^^g*^-

Ghut

To

giiji.

kill

Ghusun marte odok gofenae.

An

To rinse off. To waste by eating,

Ti jahgare

speaking.

Ghii( dare.

L^it.li.

gidi.

rid of.

To enter humbly.

Ghusun marte.

to

)

fever internally.

here and there ^^ anger.

Bolo ghusiauenae abo theo. house and keeps quiet.

Ghusun.

off,

|To go

Ghus ghusau baraekanae. Ghus ghusau aouroKbanae. Ghus ghaa barae kanae.

Ghusun

cast

To burn to get rid off. To throw into water to get rid off. gidi. Areu gidi. To bale out-tn get rid of. gidi. To throw, or pour away. Narka gi